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more intractable

ADJECTIVE

difficult, stubborn

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bullheaded cantankerous contrary hang tough hard-line headstrong immovable incompliant incurable indocile indomitable insoluble locked in mulish obdurate obstinate pat pertinacious perverse pigheaded recalcitrant refractory resolute self-willed set in stone tenacious tough tough-nut unbending uncompromising uncooperative undisciplined ungovernable unmanageable unpliable unruly unyielding wayward wild willful

Antonyms

WEAK

amenable easy facile manageable

ADJECTIVE

difficult

Synonyms

STRONGEST

incurable intransigent stubborn uncompromising unmanageable

WEAK

awkward bull-headed cantankerous contrary fractious hang tough hard-line headstrong immovable incompliant indocile indomitable insoluble locked locked in mulish obdurate obstinate pat pertinacious perverse pig-headed recalcitrant refractory resolute self-willed tenacious tough tough nut unbending uncooperative undisciplined ungovernable unpliable unruly unyielding wayward wild willful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

willing

WEAK

manageable

Example Sentences

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The downside of his performance stems, in part, from the fact that the world is more complicated, its problems more intractable, than at almost any time in U.S. history.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2025

“Deadly conflict is becoming more intractable, with big-power competition accelerating and middle powers on the rise,” is how Ms Ero describes the landscape.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

If you keep people from becoming homeless, keep their issues from getting deeper and more intractable.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Although the box-office uncertainty caused by the pandemic is on the wane, it has been swiftly replaced by uncertainty of another, perhaps more intractable sort: tumult within Marvel Studios itself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

But the resistance of employers only raises a second and ultimately more intractable question: Why isn’t this resistance met by more effective counterpressure from the workers themselves?

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich