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    intractable - Dictionary definition and meaning for word intractable

    Definition
    (adj) not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
    Example Sentence
    • an intractable disposition
    • intractable pain
    • the most intractable issue of our era
    • intractable metal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for intractable

Intractable: things which can not be brought in the right track... opposite of tractable.

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tract(TRACK)..SO you have decided to track about your UNRULY CHILD...and you have approached the agency to do this.

Intractable is IN(Not)+TRACT(STRETCH)+ABLE(Do)...means if something/someone is not stretchable/flexible,implies STUBBORN or UNYIELDING.

intractable has 'tract' which reminds me of tractor in fields.. And given a tractor to drive, it would be hard for me to control...

In(not)+tractable(trackable)...it's nothing but wild (it's a synonym)..another is un-yielding..wild ones are un-yielding too..

Sounds like in-trackable= something not trackable is difficult to manage

its difficult to manage TRACTOR!!

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