{
    "term": "problematic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "difficult to deal with or to understand; full of problems; not certain to be successful",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The situation is more problematic than we first thought."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which are the most problematic countries in the world for journalists?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk/",
                "audio": "pr/problematic/problematic__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɒbləˈmætɪkl/",
                "audio": "pr/problematic/problematical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪk/",
                "audio": "pr/problematic/problematic__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɑːbləˈmætɪkl/",
                "audio": "pr/problematic/problematical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: via French from late Latin problematicus, from Greek problēmatikos, from problēma, from proballein ‘put forth’, from pro ‘before’ + ballein ‘to throw’."
}