Meaning & use
intractability
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The quality of being difficult to control, manage, or resolve.
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Negotiators struggled with the intractability of the border dispute.
Doctors were frustrated by the intractability of his chronic pain.
A note on using this word
The word applies equally to unruly people, unmanageable problems, and medical conditions resistant to treatment, as in 'intractable pain.'
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