intractable

Meanings

• adjective

  Unyielding or unmanageable, especially in a way that makes it difficult to deal with or control.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with intractable
tractable , stable

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Variants

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intractabilities , intractability , intractable , intractably

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Forms

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The comparative form of intractable is more intractable, and the superlative form is most intractable.

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'intractabilis', meaning unyielding or ungovernable.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'intractable' was first used in English literature in the 15th century.

2. Intractable is a homograph of the word tractable, which means easily managed or controlled.

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Related Concepts

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1. obstinate: Similar to intractable, obstinate means stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or behavior.

2. unyielding: Another synonym for intractable, unyielding means unwilling to give in or compromise.

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Quotes

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1. But now anesthesiologists have begun turning to an herb to help treat a deadly and often "intractable" lung condition that affects hundreds of thousands of people a year.

   - Eric Nagourney,{it}New York Times{/it},26 Oct. 1999

2. Sepsis, which is what happens to the body when an infection goes bad, is one of mankind's oldest and most "intractable" foes.

   - Leon Jaroff,{it}Time{/it},24 July 2000

3. Contrary to the idea of black holes sucking everything, even light, into inconceivable nothingness, Hawking proposed that there was one thing that could escape a black hole's "intractable" grip: thermal radiation …

   - Bruno Maddox,{it}Discover{/it},September 2006

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Culture

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Intractable has been used in literature to describe characters or situations that are difficult to deal with or change. For instance, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', Raskolnikov is described as an intractable and stubborn character.

How to Memorize "intractable"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize an unyielding rock or a stubborn mule to help remember the definition of intractable.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word intractable with the word unyielding or ungovernable.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in the definition: I - Intractable, U - Unyielding, N - Ungovernable.

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