n. The state of being intractable; intractableness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as intractableness.
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n. the trait of being hard to influence or control
Word Usage
"So he put out a press release blaming the grocer for its "intractability" on the issue and "apologiz ing to the Ward 8 community for Giant's failure to provide timely support to the Community.""