Intractability (Noun)
Meaning
The trait of being hard to influence or control.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The teacher was frustrated with the intractability of the unruly student, who refused to follow classroom rules.
- The manager was exasperated by the intractability of the IT system, which resisted every attempt to modify it.
- Her stubbornness and intractability made it difficult for her colleagues to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement.
- The diplomat faced significant challenges due to the intractability of the two sides, each of which was unwilling to compromise.
- The country's authoritarian leader was notorious for his intractability, never budging on even the most trivial of matters.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- Recalcitrancy
- Fractiousness
- Mulishness
- Obstinance
- Obstinacy
- Rebelliousness
- Willfulness
- Recalcitrance
- Wilfulness
- Unmanageableness