UNTRACT'ABLE, adjective [Latin intractabilis.] 1. Not tractable; not yielding to discipline; stubborn; indocile; ungovernable; as an untractable son. 2. Rough; difficult. 3. Not yielding to the heat or to the hammer; as an ore. [Intractable is more generally used.]
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