tractable
adjective
easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding.
untractable
-
a word derived from
tractable.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Today, living in California and Maine, Mother Goddam admits that she has been "uncompromising, peppery, untractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile and ofttimes disagreeable."
From Time Magazine Archive
Judge Ferguson again had to deal with untractable witnesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Scoundrel, by the untractable Ben Hecht, will occupy the nights of Emily Stevens.
From Time Magazine Archive
For this he was frequently reprimanded by his superiors, but he proved to be very untractable.
From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald
Will you give the reins to their untractable nature and their uncontrolled passions?
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
