intractable
adjective
not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate.
intractability
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a word derived from
intractable.
Example Sentences
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For decades, Baltimore owed the intractability of its vacant housing crisis to simple economics: It cost more to rehab a vacant home than that renovated home could be sold for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But Bass and every council member and all their successors need to be reminded that a civic sense of intractability is a dangerous thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
Shae McCrystal, a professor of labour law at the University of Sydney, said the strikes would not necessarily be seen as evidence of intractability.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2023
As a veteran of this field, I am struck, not by the intractability of high C-section rates but by how much low-hanging fruit exists.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023
The depth and apparent intractability of the problem became much clearer during the debates surrounding the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
