Pronunciation: (
)in-trak-t
-blFunction: adjective
1 : not easily managed or controlled <an intractable child>
2 : not easily relieved or cured <intractable pain>
- in·trac·ta·bil·i·ty
/(
)in-trak-t-bil-t-
/ noun - in·trac·ta·bly
/()in-trak-t-bl/ adverb
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