intractable
Example Sentences
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Given that AI uses a tremendous amount of energy and water, public servants should be applying it towards solving society’s most intractable problems, not creating racist tropes or belittling people for exercising their democratic rights.
From Salon
I will leave it to your judgement as to whether taking on that job - with its intractable problems – is a curse or an honour.
From BBC
The situation is as visible as it is intractable.
From Los Angeles Times
Intimate partner violence is an intractable social challenge, Castro said, so to see improvements with just 12 months of funding is a “pretty extraordinary change.”
From Los Angeles Times
Yet military issues have remained the most intractable area of tension between the two nations, and expectations for the meeting between the defense chiefs in Singapore were modest.
From New York Times
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