problematical

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Auden’s despairing poem “The Age of Anxiety”—what he called a “record of our difficult and problematical search for faith.”

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2021

Prosecutions for events from 40 and 50 years ago are very problematical, as the latest developments show.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2021

Passing the two-hour test the team is requiring for applicants might prove problematical, but who in the organization is going to tell McGregor he failed?

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018

I have always found that problematical, not in the world we live in, but in the world the characters live in, particularly the Doctor’s world.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2017

He is both brilliant and problematical, and it is fair to say that his towering legacy has had more impact on the worlds of literature, philosophy and politics than, strictly speaking, on musical development.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall