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intractable adjective. L15.
[Latin intractabilis, formed as IN-3 + TRACTABLE.]
Of a thing: difficult to shape or work; not easily treated or dealt with. L15.
J. Krantz His hair still jumped up in that intractable cowlick. Scientific American Cancer and such intractable viral diseases as AIDS.
Of a person or animal: not manageable or docile; uncontrollable; refractory, stubborn. M16.
H. Read The young schoolmaster who had struggled for two years with an intractable group of..boys.
intracta'bility noun L16.
intractableness noun M17.
intractably adverb E19.