Intractable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn. See Synonyms at unruly.
  • adj. Difficult to mold or manipulate: intractable materials.
  • adj. Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure: intractable pain.
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  • adj. Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; not easily governed, managed, or directed; uncontrollable; incurable; violent; stubborn; obstinate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; uncontrollable.
  • Not to be brought into the desired order or condition; unmanageable; resisting effort: as, an intractable disposition; an intractable subject for literary treatment.
  • Synonyms Stubborn, Refractory, etc. (see obstinate); unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable, wilful.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
    • Equivalent
    unmanageable    uncontrollable    refractory    balking    stubborn   
    Cross Reference
    refractory   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ungovernable    unmanageable    unteachable    refractory    obstinate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    retractable    tractable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    headstrong    refractory    disobedient    self-willed    unmanageable   
     
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