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The trait of being hard to influence or control
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intractability
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of being hard to influence or control [syn: intractableness ] [ant: tractability ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intractability \In*tract`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being intractable; intractableness. --Bp. Hurd.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Intractable may refer to: Intractable conflict , a form of complex, severe, and enduring conflict Intractability (complexity) , in computational complexity theory
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being intractable; intractableness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from intractable + -ity .
Usage examples of intractability.
Any bandit is labelled a political dissident, any grisly robbery an excuse to continue the purge, held up to the world as proof of the savagery and intractability of the Matabele tribe," Craig continued for him.
The batteries were so gummed up by the cold that they couldn't even have turned over a hot engine, far less one in which the crankcase, transmission and differential were all but locked solid in lubricating oil that had lost all power to lubricate anything and had been turned into a super viscous liquid with the consistency and intractability of some heavy animal glue.
When Elizabeth had previously attempted this procedure together with Dionket and Creyn, fellow redactors, she had been hopelessly balked by the intractability of the immature will.