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The word "problematic" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a situation or a person as being complicated, difficult or awkward. For example, "The government's response to the crisis was particularly problematic."
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Problematic
adjective
Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s).
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The triple injection had become problematic because Georgia was running out of the drugs in question.
Prout arose to help with a problematic area of this wonderful setup: Anything can break.
There is a lot at stake and a lot of potential here, but the coalition seems to prefer shale gas, even though it is problematic, than this cheap and readily available form of fuel".
They're very problematic and sometimes down right rude to each other, but there's definitely chemistry, and definitely some other emotions entwined in there.
If for-profit schools are so problematic that even the most business-oriented party – at least by tradition – has no stomach for them, how come the government has spent the past five years supporting their growth?
But Snowden has also identified the fastening of those programmes on the global population as a problematic act, which deserves a form of moral and ethical analysis that goes beyond mere raison d'état.
Theoretically, problematic tweets get automatically flagged, and then manual review should catch them before they are published.
"From an economic standpoint alone, what you're asking is problematic to say the least," says Rameses, who speaks like an accounts manager from Surbiton as well as looking like one.
Your blog already cites other experts pointing out that the LRA has been outside Uganda for several years, is far smaller than Invisible Children try to make believe, and that the Ugandan government and army are a deeply problematic ally in their campaign.
Finding cover for Anderson is more problematic, for beyond Graham Onions there is no swing bowler of sufficient class to take the new ball.
Education is particularly problematic: tens of millions of Nigerians are illiterate.
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