baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
(adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; “a baffling problem”; “I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast”; “a problematic situation at home”
debatable, problematic, problematical
(adjective) open to doubt or debate; “If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
problematic
Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s)
Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide.
Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt.
Contributing (usually implicitly or subtly) to systemic discrimination (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia).
• (posing a problem): difficult, troublesome, complicated, complex, involved
• (open to debate): doubtful, dubious, questionable, controversial, uncertain
• (contributing to systemic discrimination): offensive, politically incorrect, discriminatory, kyriarchal
problematic (plural problematics)
(chiefly, in the plural) A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.
Source: Wiktionary
Prob`lem*at"ic, Prob`lem*at"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. problematicus, Gr. problématique.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
