intractable
Adjective
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Not tractable;
Difficult to manage or mold (synset 302461024)"an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"also:- defiant, noncompliant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
- difficult, unmanageable - hard to control
- disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- untamed, wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
similar to:- balking, balky - stopping short and refusing to go on
- refractory, stubborn - not responding to treatment
- uncontrollable, unmanageable - difficult to solve or alleviate
- unmalleable - difficult or impossible to shape or work
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