English > intractable: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | not tractable; difficult to manage or mold. |
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| Examples | - "an intractable disposition"
- "intractable pain"
- "the most intractable issue of our era"
- "intractable metal"
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| Attribute of | tractability, tractableness, flexibility | The trait of being easily persuaded |
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| Narrower | balking, balky | stopping short and refusing to go on |
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| refractory, stubborn | not responding to treatment |
| uncontrollable, unmanageable | Difficult to solve or alleviate / alleviate |
| unmalleable | Difficult or impossible to shape or work |
| See also | defiant, noncompliant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
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| disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority |
| stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
| unmanageable, difficult | Hard to control |
| wild, untamed | In a natural state |
| Opposite | tractable, manipulable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) |
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| Spanish | incurable, intratable |
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| Catalan | intractable |
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| Nouns | intractability, intractableness | the trait of being hard to influence or control |
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| Adverbs | intractably | in an intractable manner |
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