intractable

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"We've made progress on this really big, seemingly intractable question: why is there something instead of nothing?" said Professor Messier.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Overlapping plots and jurisdictions trigger intractable land disputes.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The term for Jean and Stephen, Julian says, is “rekindlers”—though they turn out to be “non-rekindlers,” as intractable problems impose a sad outcome on their fairy-tale romance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

MacArthur Park has come to symbolize some of Los Angeles’ most intractable issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë