Dictionary entry

Problematic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Prob′lem‐at″ic (?), Prob′lem‐at″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. problematicus, Gr. �: cf. F. problématique.] Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. — Prob′lem‐at″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to... informers. Swift.