intractableness
- noun
- /ɪnˈtræktəblnəs/
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intractabilidad
- Some teachers struggle with the intractableness of certain students' behavior in the classroom.
Examples
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The intractableness of the disease made treatment extremely challenging for the doctors.
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The intractableness of the problem frustrated the entire team.
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Negotiators were frustrated by the intractableness of the political situation.
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Her intractableness made it hard for others to work with her.
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The intractableness of the problem made it difficult for the team to find a solution.
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Her intractableness during negotiations led to a breakdown in communication.
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The intractableness of the child's behavior frustrated the teachers greatly.
Synonyms
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9.6
A situation in which something is hard to change or control
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8.6
A situation when something cannot be stopped or managed
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8.9
A situation where people are very hard to control, like a crowd or class
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5.4
Being difficult to deal with and needing skill or care
A situation or thing that people cannot control
Difficulty controlling something because it is complicated or awkward
How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand
Antonyms
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
intractableness = intractable (semi-transparent) = in + tract + able + ness
Forming a noun from the adjective 'intractable' with the productive suffix '-ness' is a straightforward, predictable derivation.
Etymology
The word intractableness comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and tract meaning 'to pull', the same part you see in tractor, which pulls things. So intractableness is the quality of being hard to 'pull', 'guide', or manage.