Because the actual defintion of intractable is hard to control or deal with, and someone who is stubborn won't let you control them, and are hard to deal with.
This is for Word Within the Word right? Ugg I hate it!
hard to manage, not easily treated, stubborn, obstinate, and hard to move forward
The root word if 'intractable' is 'tractable'. Tractable is an adjective meaning easy to guide and order, controllable, compliant. From tractable comes the word intractable, which means difficult to order or guide, hard to direct and manage, unruly.
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it means to be very stubborn. exp-my bro was as stubborn as a mule and refused to buy me stuff
This dispute remains one of the most intractable international conflicts in the world.
hard to manage, not easily treated, stubborn, obstinate, and hard to move forward
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
It means treatable or curable.
The root word if 'intractable' is 'tractable'. Tractable is an adjective meaning easy to guide and order, controllable, compliant. From tractable comes the word intractable, which means difficult to order or guide, hard to direct and manage, unruly.
is communism a intractable conflict?
The most intractable challenges of the 21st century.
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Intractable is a word used to describe something or someone who is hard to control. A good sentence would be, she was intractable as she became a teenager.
Hardheaded and stubborn can mean the same thing. They are synonyms. Hardheaded can also mean realistic and pragmatic, but usually it means stubborn. If someone is stubborn they could be called hardheaded and vis-versa
it means to be very stubborn. exp-my bro was as stubborn as a mule and refused to buy me stuff