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INTRACTABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
Example:
intractable metal
Classified under:
Similar:
balking; balky (stopping short and refusing to go on)
refractory; stubborn (not responding to treatment)
uncontrollable; unmanageable (difficult to solve or alleviate)
unmalleable (difficult or impossible to shape or work)
Also:
defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)
difficult; unmanageable (hard to control)
disobedient (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority)
obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
untamed; wild (in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated)
Attribute:
flexibility; tractability; tractableness (the trait of being easily persuaded)
Antonym:
tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))
Derivation:
intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)
