(of a problem or a person) very difficult to deal with Unemployment was proving to be an intractable problem. opposite tractable
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NAmE//ɪnˌtræktəˈbɪlət̮i//
noun [uncountable]See intractable in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: intractable