Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an intractable manner; uncontrollably; unmanageably.
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- adverb In an
intractable manner;uncontrollably ;unmanageably .
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- adverb in an intractable manner
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Examples
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From there on what was "good for black people" and what was actually "good cinema" became intractably conflated.
Rodney Barnes: Red Tails Rodney Barnes 2012
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From there on what was "good for black people" and what was actually "good cinema" became intractably conflated.
Rodney Barnes: Red Tails Rodney Barnes 2012
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I hope they'll come away from this book with a deeper understanding that we're all a lot more the same than we are different; that our humanity intractably binds us, and that there's no getting out of it.
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So, what a very big job it seems, to ensure ‘civil rights’ to such a highly, but intractably diverse, workforce!?
Wonk Room » Momentum Builds For New Civil Rights Act, But Will Congress Be Aggressive Enough? 2009
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We can endlessly rehearse the causes of industrial decline in Britain blaming the investors, the workforce and the entrepreneurs, but mostly it is near-sighted politicians and, ironically, those who believe intractably in free-market capitalism who have destroyed industry.
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There are two sides seemingly intractably opposed on how we should reduce our national debt.
Larry Hirsch: Why Dems Should Go Left On Debt Committee Larry Hirsch 2011
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I was depressed for more than twenty-five years — intractably so, despite good meds and excellent shrinkage.
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I was depressed for more than twenty-five years — intractably so, despite good meds and excellent shrinkage.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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There are two sides seemingly intractably opposed on how we should reduce our national debt.
Larry Hirsch: Why Dems Should Go Left On Debt Committee Larry Hirsch 2011
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And yet before it had seemed so intractably complex.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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