intractability

[in-trak-tuh-buhl]

in·trac·ta·ble

[in-trak-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
2.
(of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal.
3.
hard to treat, relieve, or cure: the intractable pain in his leg.
noun
4.
an intractable person.

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Origin:
1535–45; < Latin intractābilis. See in-3, tractable

in·trac·ta·bil·i·ty, in·trac·ta·ble·ness, noun
in·trac·ta·bly, adverb


1. perverse, headstrong, dogged, obdurate, stony, willful, froward. 1, 2. fractious, refractory, unbending, inflexible, adamant, unyielding. See unruly.


1. amiable. 1, 2. amenable, flexible.

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intractable (ɪnˈtræktəbəl)
 
adj
1.  difficult to influence or direct: an intractable disposition
2.  (of a problem, illness, etc) difficult to solve, alleviate, or cure
3.  difficult to shape or mould, esp with the hands
 
intracta'bility
 
n
 
in'tractableness
 
n
 
in'tractably
 
adv

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