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intractable adjective [ ɪnˈtraktəb(ə)l ]

• hard to control or deal with.
• "intractable economic problems"
Similar: unmanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, out of control, out of hand, impossible to cope with, difficult, awkward, complex, troublesome, demanding, burdensome,
Opposite: manageable,
Origin: late 15th century: from Latin intractabilis, from in- ‘not’ + tractabilis (see tractable).


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