intractable
adjective /ɪnˈtræktəbl/
/ɪnˈtræktəbl/
(formal)- (of a problem or a person) very difficult to deal with
- Unemployment was proving to be an intractable problem.
- There was no pleasing this intractable man.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin intractabilis, from in- ‘not’ + tractabilis (from tractare ‘to handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw’).