Meaning

5 senses
  1. Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.

    schwer handhabbar, verfahren

    неуправляемыйneupravljajemyj

  2. Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.

    unlenksam

    труднаяtrudnaja, тру́дныйtrúdnyj

  3. Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)

    трудноразрешимыйtrudnorazrešimyj

    not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

  4. Stubborn; obstinate. (of a person)

    störrisch, stur

    упря́мыйuprjámyj, непода́тливыйnepodátlivyj, непоко́рныйnepokórnyj

  5. Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

    schwierig zu behandeln

    трудноизлечи́мыйtrudnoizlečímyj

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Determining the shortest path through any arbitrary set of points is an intractable problem.

  2. I am too rude—too rough—too intractable to deal with any being so soft and gentle as you are.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
not tractable:
mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve:
of a problem: difficult to deal with, solve, or manage:
stubborn, obstinate:
medicine: difficult to treat:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
not tractable:
mathematics: not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve:
stubborn, obstinate:
medicine: difficult to treat:

Forms

more intractable, most intractable
Comparativemore intractable Lesson
Superlativemost intractable Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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