INTRACTABLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

Example:

intractable metal

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

balking; balky (stopping short and refusing to go on)

refractory; stubborn (not responding to treatment)

uncontrollable; unmanageable (difficult to solve or alleviate)

unmalleable (difficult or impossible to shape or work)

Also:

defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)

difficult; unmanageable (hard to control)

disobedient (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority)

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

untamed; wild (in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated)

Attribute:

flexibility; tractability; tractableness (the trait of being easily persuaded)

Antonym:

tractable (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded))

Derivation:

intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)