"intractable" meaning in English

See intractable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-intractable.wav Forms: more intractable [comparative], most intractable [superlative]
Etymology: From in- + tractable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|tractable}} in- + tractable Head templates: {{en-adj}} intractable (comparative more intractable, superlative most intractable)
  1. Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed. Translations (not tractable): неподатлив (nepodatliv) (Bulgarian), непокорен (nepokoren) (Bulgarian), intractable [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 難控制的 (Chinese Mandarin), 难控制的 (nán kòngzhì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 難解決的 (Chinese Mandarin), 难解决的 (nán jiějué de) (Chinese Mandarin), nezvladatelný [masculine] (Czech), onhandelbaar (Dutch), vaikea (Finnish), hankala (Finnish), uppiniskainen (Finnish), itsepäinen (Finnish), omapäinen (Finnish), ingouvernable (French), schwer handhabbar (German), verfahren (German), szívós [material] (Hungarian), kezelhetetlen (note: esp. child) [person] (Hungarian), engedetlen (Hungarian), rakoncátlan (Hungarian), fegyelmezhetetlen (Hungarian), intractābilis (Latin), intractable (Occitan), неуправляемый (neupravljajemyj) (Russian), intraktabilan (Serbo-Croatian), nesavladiv (Serbo-Croatian), inmanejable (Spanish), ohanterlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-intractable-en-adj-6H7LQvx1 Disambiguation of 'not tractable': 66 26 1 5 2
  2. (mathematics) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve): moeilijk (Dutch), vaikea ratkaista (Finnish), intraitable (French), unlenksam (German), nehéz (Hungarian), трудная (trudnaja) (Russian), тру́дный (trúdnyj) (Russian), intratable (Spanish)
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  3. Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem) Translations (of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage): упорит (uporit) (Bulgarian), 倔強 (Chinese Mandarin), 倔强 (juéjiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), obstinaat (Dutch), koppig (Dutch), vaikea (Finnish), hankala (Finnish), visainen (Finnish), itsepäinen (Finnish), omapäinen (Finnish), omavaltainen (Finnish), intraitable (French), buté (French), störrisch (German), stur (German), makacs (Hungarian), konok (Hungarian), hajthatatlan (Hungarian), csökönyös (Hungarian), kakī mārō (Maori), upoko mārō (Maori), intractable (Occitan), трудноразрешимый (trudnorazrešimyj) (Russian), упря́мый (uprjámyj) (Russian), непода́тливый (nepodátlivyj) (Russian), непоко́рный (nepokórnyj) (Russian), intratable (Spanish), obstinado (Spanish), omedgörlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-intractable-en-adj-Vcp2Xark Disambiguation of 'of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage': 2 10 72 1 14
  4. Stubborn; obstinate. (of a person) Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-intractable-en-adj-ZAwlpBrK Disambiguation of Personality: 32 12 1 52 3
  5. (medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition). Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: difficult to treat): упорит (uporit) (Bulgarian), 難治癒的 (Chinese Mandarin), 难治愈的 (nán zhìyù de) (Chinese Mandarin), itsepintainen (Finnish), vaikea (Finnish), intraitable (French), schwierig zu behandeln (German), makacs (Hungarian), intractable (Occitan), трудноизлечи́мый (trudnoizlečímyj) (Russian), intratable (Spanish), svårbehandlad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-intractable-en-adj-iW~1PjFQ Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: difficult to treat': 3 14 31 3 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intractability, intractableness, intractably

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uprjámyj",
      "sense": "of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage",
      "word": "упря́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepodátlivyj",
      "sense": "of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage",
      "word": "непода́тливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepokórnyj",
      "sense": "of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage",
      "word": "непоко́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage",
      "word": "obstinado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage",
      "word": "omedgörlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uporit",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "упорит"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "難治癒的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nán zhìyù de",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "难治愈的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "itsepintainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "vaikea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "intraitable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "schwierig zu behandeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "makacs"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "intractable"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trudnoizlečímyj",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "трудноизлечи́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "intratable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to treat",
      "word": "svårbehandlad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intractable"
}

Download raw JSONL data for intractable meaning in English (12.3kB)

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