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intractability

NOUN
unruliness
Synonyms
STRONG
affront audacity boldness bravado brazenness call cartel challenge command confrontation contempt contrariness contumacy dare disorderliness effrontery fractiousness gas guts impudence insolence insubordination insurgence insurgency intractableness lip muster obstinacy obstreperousness opposition order perversity provocation rebellion rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy refractoriness revolt sass spite stump summons temerity wildness
WEAK
back talk big talk defy enjoinder factiousness hot air impugnment indocility obstinateness throwing of the gauntlet uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness
Antonyms
STRONG
answer calm care caution cowardice fear harmony humility love modesty peace respect timidity

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Shae McCrystal, a professor of labour law at the University of Sydney, said the strikes would not necessarily be seen as evidence of intractability.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

“The cost of settling the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes is far less than the damage their intractability has caused,” Keyser and Goodman said in their statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2023

As a veteran of this field, I am struck, not by the intractability of high C-section rates but by how much low-hanging fruit exists.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023

What Jackson’s fight illuminates is the intractability of ownership.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023

The depth and apparent intractability of the problem became much clearer during the debates surrounding the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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