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Definition of Intractable
1. Adjective. Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold. "Intractable metal"
Attributes: Flexibility, Tractability, Tractableness
Also: Defiant, Noncompliant, Difficult, Unmanageable, Disobedient, Obstinate, Stubborn, Unregenerate, Untamed, Wild
Similar to: Balking, Balky, Refractory, Stubborn, Uncontrollable, Unmanageable, Unmalleable
Derivative terms: Intractability, Intractableness
Antonyms: Tractable
Also: Defiant, Noncompliant, Difficult, Unmanageable, Disobedient, Obstinate, Stubborn, Unregenerate, Untamed, Wild
Similar to: Balking, Balky, Refractory, Stubborn, Uncontrollable, Unmanageable, Unmalleable
Derivative terms: Intractability, Intractableness
Antonyms: Tractable
Definition of Intractable
1. a. Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
Definition of Intractable
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Intractable
1. Unstoppable. For example, intractable diarrhoea or intractable pain. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intractable
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