Today's Word "intractable"
Not easily governed
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intractable \in-TRAK-tuh-buhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Not easily governed, managed, or directed; stubborn; obstinate; as, "an intractable child." 2 : Not easily wrought or manipulated; as, "intractable materials." 3 : Not easily remedied, relieved, or dealt with; as, "intractable problems."
"Because caring men are not intractable, and it is male intractability that underlies the love of independence." -- Linda R. Hirshman, 'Hard Bargains'
Intractable is from Latin intractabilis, from in-, "not" + tractabilis, "manageable," from trahere, "to draw (along), to drag, to pull."
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