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Meanings of intractable in English

Portuguese
desobediente
Spanish
incurable

Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold.

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desobediente
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Examples for "tractable"
Examples for "tractable"
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The General had always been tractable in the hands of his son.
The Tin Soldier
2
Traditional, however, does not imply tractable, as imaginative subjects are also represented.
The Irish Times
3
She is the most loving and tractable little angel in the world.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
4
The Japanese are tractable in disposition, and they greatly desired the fathers.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 / 1593-1597 ...
5
I doubt not we shall see him in the morning more tractable.
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
Usage of intractable in English
1
Objectives: The management of intractable epilepsy in children is a challenging problem.
Pubmed
2
On the ITV side, the problem with in-house production often appears intractable.
The Guardian
3
The patients are often intractable with antiepileptic drugs and need surgical treatment.
Pubmed
4
However, the potential role of HMGB1 in tumor biology still remains intractable.
Pubmed
5
Those seem unimaginably complicated, intractable and therefore won't make us feel better.
The South African
6
The intractable problems of unemployment and deprivation still dominate the social landscape.
The Irish Times
7
Twelve patients had a second temporal lobe procedure for intractable recurrent seizures.
Pubmed
8
Of the seemingly intractable issues they cited as reasons, few are new.
Reuters
9
POLG1 mutations are common, and these patients often suffer from intractable seizures.
Pubmed
10
In the meantime, the men grew more and more intractable and insubordinate.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
11
Screening for high risk populations is fundamental to overcome this intractable malignancy.
Pubmed
12
The Sabre breach was long-running and intractable, said two former HPE employees.
Reuters
13
Persistent or intractable hiccups can be a harbinger of serious medical pathology.
Pubmed
14
Due to intractable vesical intolerance 5 patients were withdrawn from the study.
Pubmed
15
All concurred in declaring the archduke to be obstinate, unfeeling, and intractable.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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And again I saw the Scotch in him-strict, upstanding, intractable, and unrelenting.
Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
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