How to Use problematic in a Sentence

problematic

adjective

• Rules of grammar are more problematic for non-native speakers.
• This gets to the core of what some see as problematic about this trend.
  — Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
• The left side of the blue line looks problematic, and the right side looks too old.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 10 July 2026
• But the return of items has at times proved to be problematic.
  — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• That last one is why this has become such a problematic stock.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
• Not being able to win at home has been problematic.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
• For me, that is very problematic.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
• Give these problematic hues a skip.
  — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
• During the last third of the film, his problematic side begins to creep in.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2026
• Longer-term, debt levels around the world are problematic.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Dents that are more problematic are located along the seam, edge, or rim of the can.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
• Extreme cold can be problematic for this shrub.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
• But stashing items along the trail is problematic.
  — Marjorie “slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
• Fords use the front driver’s side, but not right at the corner, which can be problematic.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Iran charging a toll to have ships pass through the Strait seems very problematic.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
• One of the most prevalent and problematic is called blue-green algae.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2023
• But that shouldn’t be as problematic this week at Arizona.
  — Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
• What makes these foods problematic?
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
• This is problematic for a few reasons.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
• And there was something deeply, morally problematic for me with that.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
• Some are problematic, many are necessary, but most will go nowhere.
  — Neil Björkman, Fortune, 1 July 2026
• And that proved very problematic.
  — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
• The problematic types are the social wasps, who live together in a colony with a queen.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• The problematic types are the social wasps, who live together in a colony with a queen.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
• The problematic types are the social wasps, who live together in a colony with a queen.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• Plant a tree or something, although that could be problematic.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
• The fourth inning was even more problematic.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
• Shenanigans, the very problematic kind, were par for the course in the ’00s.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 29 Jan. 2026
• Plant a ground cover, such as blue rug juniper on steep slopes where sowing grass seed is problematic.
  — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 3 Apr. 2026
• This is, again, where things become problematic.
  — Alice Vernon september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025