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INTRACTABLE

not easily governed, managed, or directed

The meaning of the word intractable is not easily governed, managed, or directed.

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WordMeaning
warrantsanction
eccentricdeviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
misconductmismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
executeto carry out fully : put completely into effect