intractable
/ɪnˈtræktəbəl/
adjective
- Very difficult to deal with, solve, or control.
- Her intractable cough did not respond to any medicine the doctor prescribed.
- The negotiations became intractable when neither side would compromise.
- The country faces an intractable problem with poverty that has lasted for decades.
- Stubborn or unwilling to change one's opinion or behavior.
- Even after hours of discussion, the committee remained intractable in their opposition to the new policy.
- My grandfather is intractable about his morning routine; he never deviates from it.
- The intractable child refused to put on his shoes no matter what his parents said.
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