What is the meaning of problematic?

Open to doubt or debate.
- usage: "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
- synonyms: debatable, problematical
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.
- usage: "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
- synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematical, tough

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