intractable

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ tractable

Adjective

intractable (comparative more intractable, superlative most intractable)

1. Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; not easily governed, managed, or directed; uncontrollable; incurable; violent; stubborn; obstinate.

Translations

not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion

• Czech: nezvladatelný (cs) m
• Dutch: onhandelbaar (nl)
• Finnish: hankala (fi), uppiniskainen (fi)

• Mandarin: 難解決的 (cmn) (nanjiejuede), 倔強的 (cmn)
• Serbo-Croatian: intraktabilan (sh), nesavladiv (sh)

Derived terms

• intractability
• intractableness
• intractably

References

• intractable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intractable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913