intractable
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Some express a feeling of hopelessness and that their intractable sadness will never abate.
Unfortunately, this new study shows how intractable that problem truly is.
The symptoms can show up as a wide array of intractable health problems.
On the left, many see it as a civil rights issue–potentially ameliorating the problem of intractable poverty.
We cannot step back and believe that a less confrontational posture will lead to peace with intractable adversaries.
Historical Examples of intractable
I attempted to laugh off his predictions, but he was intractable.
Intractable as he ever was; he won't die, and he won't resign.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.Charles James Lever
"Well, it is humiliating enough," said the intractable Paganel.
In Search of the CastawaysJules Verne
The father of the child says that at home he is violent, overbearing, and intractable.
Spontaneous Activity in EducationMaria Montessori
Boab was not intractable, but he was sagacious; he had been fed on that sort of chaff too long.
AcadiaFrederic S. Cozzens