intractably
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- adverb
- /ɪnˈtræktəbli/
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incontrolablemente
- So long as the debate is centered intractably on the cause of climate change rather than the solution, no progress is likely.
Examples
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"It seems like they started with intractably hardened positions."
Blog text (33) -
The problems we face with pollution seem to be intractably complex and require immediate attention.
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We often walked home in silence, so it was almost possible to obscure the reason that we were so intractably quiet that day.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm sorta glad you did; now fewer people will be intractably convinced of your views than there might have been.
Blog text (3) -
The question of imperialism is intractably linked to the issues innervating these uprisings.
Blog text (26) -
The talks ended with the Iranians intractably proclaiming their "non-negotiable demands" and the West offering another round of "technical expert talks."
Blog text (3) -
We have all known children who are declared intractably "unmotivated" by their teachers and parents, but who will sit in front of an Xbox until their thumbs bleed.
Academic text (2012) -
They are intractably disjointed, having been either ad hoc responses to random questions or ad hoc comments on the comments of others.
Academic text (2001) -
Hostess made a product consumers increasingly didn't want, had poor management (or, just as likely, methinks, were in an intractably bad no-win situation that no manager could fix), and a sufficient number of its workers had non-negotiable demands that Hostess couldn't meet.
Blog text (32) -
Her intractably stubborn nature makes it difficult for her to accept other people's opinions.
Synonyms
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In a way that is too difficult to control or handle
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In a way that cannot be overcome
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9.8
In a way that cannot be changed or improved
Antonyms
How Difficult
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∞
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Surface Forms
Morphology
intractably = intractable (semi-transparent) = in + tract + able + ly
Forming the adverb with '-ly' from the adjective 'intractable' is a straightforward, regular process.
Etymology
Intractably comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and tract meaning 'to pull', the same root you see in tractor. So, if something is intractably difficult, it is 'not able to be pulled' — in other words, very hard to manage or control.