intractableness
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9.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈtræktəblnəs/
- 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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5.4
Being difficult to deal with and needing skill or care
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8.9
A situation where people are very hard to control, like a crowd or class
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8.2
Difficulty controlling something because it is complicated or awkward
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7.0
How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand
A situation or thing that people cannot control
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.