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intractable
Meaning: extremely difficult to control, manage, or solve
intractable in a sentence
How intractable is used in real sentences:
The diplomats struggled with an intractable dispute over the border.
The researchers divided the intractable problem into several smaller questions.
“Locating the vanished tree proved intractable until Mara compared the measured distances and found a circular scar beneath the shed's concrete ramp.”
— from the passage The Marker on the Slope
Synonyms for intractable
Other words for intractable — unmanageable, stubborn and obstinate — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of intractable
Words that mean the opposite of intractable:
- manageable
- compliant
- tractable
Where it comes from
From Latin intractabilis, meaning 'not manageable.'
Memory hook
INTRACTABLE cannot be kept on track or easily managed.
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