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Answer for the clue "The trait of being unmanageable ", 14 letters:
refractoriness

Word definitions for refractoriness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refractoriness \Re*frac"to*ri*ness\, n. The quality or condition of being refractory.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being refractory.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of being unmanageable [syn: unmanageableness , recalcitrance , recalcitrancy ]

Usage examples of refractoriness.

The walls of the pit were steeply, unstably irregular, varying in pitch and shape with the refractoriness of the strata composing them.

Forces of such appalling magnitude as to burn out in a twinkling of an eye projector-shells of a refractoriness to withstand for ten full seconds the maximum output of a first-class battleship's primary batteries!