intractable.

Resisting control, persuasion, treatment, or solution.

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Words that belong together

• intractable problem
• intractable dispute

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The intractable dispute survived every proposed compromise.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more intractable; superlative most intractable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.