intractable
pronunciation
How to pronounce intractable in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtræktəbl]
How to pronounce intractable in American English:
US [ɪnˈtræktəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
Word Origin
- intractable (adj.)
- c. 1500, "rough, stormy;" 1540s, "not manageable," from Latin intractabilis "not to be handled, unmanageable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + tractabilis (see tractable). Related: Intractably.
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Example
- 1. First , better institutions will not solve intractable problems .
- 2. And even the politics may not be totally intractable .
- 3. The intractable complexities of fact produce the inevitable ambiguities of faith .
- 4. Maybe this is why evolutionary psychology often encounters such intractable public relations problems .
- 5. And there is a bigger and probably more intractable obstacle : farming is booming .