intractable
adjective
not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate.
intractableness
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a word derived from
intractable.
Example Sentences
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It is owing to the intractableness and vileness of matter that the Divine Idea finds itself so imperfectly realized.
From Through Nature to God by John Fiske
