intractableadjective
uk/ɪnˈtræk.tə.bəl/us/ɪnˈtræk.tə.bəl/formalvery difficult or impossible to control, manage, or solve:
We are facing an intractable problem.
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Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- another
- arduous
- as much as you can do idiom
- fiddly
- fiendish
- fierce
- formidable
- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
- murky
- picnic
- problematic
- punishing
- rigorous
- schlep
- uphill
- vexed
- wearing
- wearying
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intractably
adverb uk/ɪnˈtræk.tə.bli/us/ɪnˈtræk.tə.bli/
an intractably violent relationship
intractability
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˌtræk.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ɪnˌtræk.təˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/