From Latin problēmaticus +‎ -al.^[1] By surface analysis, problematic +‎ -al.

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problematical (comparative more problematical, superlative most problematical)

1. Doubtful or disputed.
2. Dubious or ambiguous.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd‎^[1], London: Constable & Co.:

     The salt seer attentively listened, accompanying the Foretopman's recital with queer twitchings of his wrinkles and problematical little sparkles of his small ferret eyes.

• problematic