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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intractable \In*tract"a*ble\, a. [L. intractabilis: cf F.
intraitable, formerly also intractable. See {In-} not and
{Tractable}.]
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed;
indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent;
stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as an intractable child.
Syn: Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross;
unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable;
unteachable. -- {In*tract"a*ble*ness}, n. --
{In*tract"a*bly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
intractable
adj : not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable
disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable
issue of our era"; "intractable metal" [ant: {tractable}]
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