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intractable (adj.)
c. 1500, "rough, stormy;" 1540s, "not manageable," from Latin
intractabilis
"not to be handled, unmanageable," from
in-
"not, opposite of" (see
in-
(1)) +
tractabilis
(see
tractable
). Related:
Intractably
.