intractable
adjective/ɪnˈtræktəbəl/
Frequency rank: #14,627 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
very difficult or impossible to deal with, manage, or solve.
Example sentence
The doctors were frustrated because the patient's pain proved intractable.
Synonyms & related words
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