Definisjon av intractable

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Adjective

intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"
manipulable, tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
defiant, noncompliant boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
disobedient not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
difficult, unmanageable not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
untamed, wild deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch"
tractability, tractableness, flexibility the trait of being easily persuaded
balking, balky stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer"
stubborn, refractory tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
uncontrollable, unmanageable incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
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Adjektiv

intractable - Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; not easily governed, managed, or directed; uncontrollable; incurable; violent; stubborn; obstinate.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • intractable
    Not easy to be drawn or guided by persuasion.
  • intractable
    Of a problem. Can be solved in theory (e.g., given arbitrarily long time), but which in practice takes too long for their solutions to be useful.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: intractable
  • Komparativ: more intractable
  • Superlativ: most intractable

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