intractable

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ tractable

Adjective

intractable (comparative more intractable, superlative most intractable)

Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
(mathematics) Not able to be solved (of a mathematical problem).
Stubborn; obstinate (of a person).
(medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

Derived terms

Translations

not tractable

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 難控制的, 难控制的 (nán kòngzhì de), 難解決的, 难解决的 (nán jiějué de)
Czech: nezvladatelný m
Dutch: onhandelbaar (nl)
Finnish: hankala (fi), uppiniskainen, itsepäinen (fi), omapäinen (fi)
French: please add this translation if you can

German: schwer handhabbar, verfahren (de)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Occitan: intractable
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian: intraktabilan, nesavladiv (sh)
Spanish: inmanejable m, f
Swedish: please add this translation if you can

stubborn

Chinese:
Mandarin: 倔強 (zh), 倔强 (zh) (juéjiàng)
Finnish: itsepäinen (fi), omapäinen (fi), omavaltainen
French: intraitable (fr)
German: störrisch (de)

Maori: kakī mārō
Occitan: intractable
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: obstinado (es) m

difficult to treat (of a medical condition)

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: itsepintainwn
German: unbehandelbar

Occitan: intractable
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: intratable (es) m

References

intractable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
intractable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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