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intractable

[in-trak-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈtræk tə bəl /


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She comes to the panel’s table highly prepared with data-based talking points, forcing her often intractable co-hosts to engage and listen.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

But it sounds like there was one juror whose position is intractable, that they have this fixed view that isn’t changing, no matter how much more deliberations continue.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

Scientists used a new error correction strategy to encode 70 logical qubits and tackle a problem considered classically intractable.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

From there, the two sides agreed to discuss much more intractable issues, such as Iran’s nuclear program, with a resolution in 60 days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

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




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