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problematical

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From Latin problēmaticus + -al. By surface analysis, problematic + -al.

adjective more problematical · most problematical

  1. Doubtful or disputed.
  2. Dubious or ambiguous. The salt seer attentively listened, accompanying the Foretopman's recital with queer twitchings of his wrinkles and problematical little sparkles of his small ferret eyes.

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@misc{problematical_2026,
  title = {problematical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/problematical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}