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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not tractable; difficult to manage or mold;
- Example: "an intractable disposition"
- Example: "intractable pain"
- Example: "the most intractable issue of our era"
- Example: "intractable metal"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

intractable
    adj 1: not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an
           intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most
           intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" [ant:
           manipulable, tractable]