intractable

Example Sentences

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Overlapping plots and jurisdictions trigger intractable land disputes.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Locally, he said, homelessness was the issue they identified as the most intractable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

"Their paper should enable a broad spectrum of studies that previously were intractable."

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

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 • Nov. 29, 2025

It is what physicians must now do for patients with intractable cancer, severe rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and advanced cirrhosis.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas