See intractable on Wiktionary
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"sense": "not tractable",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "itsepäinen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "omapäinen"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "ingouvernable"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "schwer handhabbar"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "verfahren"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "engedetlen"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "rakoncátlan"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "fegyelmezhetetlen"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "not tractable",
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"sense": "not tractable",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"roman": "neupravljajemyj",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "неуправляемый"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "intraktabilan"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "nesavladiv"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "inmanejable"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "not tractable",
"word": "ohanterlig"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve",
"word": "moeilijk"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve",
"word": "vaikea ratkaista"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve",
"word": "intraitable"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "trudnaja",
"sense": "mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve",
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"sense": "mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve",
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"sense": "of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage",
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"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
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"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
"word": "stur"
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"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
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{
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"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
"word": "upoko mārō"
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{
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"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
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"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nepokórnyj",
"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
"word": "непоко́рный"
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{
"code": "es",
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"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
"word": "obstinado"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "stubborn, obstinate",
"word": "omedgörlig"
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"roman": "nán zhìyù de",
"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
"word": "難治癒的 /难治愈的"
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{
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"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
"word": "vaikea"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
"word": "intraitable"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
"word": "schwierig zu behandeln"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
"word": "makacs"
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"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"roman": "trudnoizlečímyj",
"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
"word": "трудноизлечи́мый"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
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