intractable
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Mr. Macmillan doesn’t lose sight of the central truths about clinical depression: that the causes are often inscrutable, its persistence can be intractable, and temporary relief often leads only to recurrence.
"We've made progress on this really big, seemingly intractable question: why is there something instead of nothing?" said Professor Messier.
From Science Daily
Overlapping plots and jurisdictions trigger intractable land disputes.
From Barron's
Miller said he and his wife, Staci, while mapping out their philanthropic work, chose to focus on intractable problems at the local, state, national and global level.
From Los Angeles Times
"Their paper should enable a broad spectrum of studies that previously were intractable."
From Science Daily
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