'Intractableness' definitions:
Definition of 'intractableness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of being hard to influence or control [syn: intractability, intractableness] [ant: flexibility, tractability, tractableness]
Definition of 'Intractableness'
From: GCIDE
- Intractable \In*tract"a*ble\, a. [L. intractabilis: cf. F. intraitable, formerly also intractable. See In- not, and Tractable.] Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
- Syn: Stubborn; perverse; obstinate; refractory; cross; unmanageable; unruly; headstrong; violent; ungovernable; unteachable. -- {In*tract"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*tract"a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]