Question

intractable Corruption in the army was the country's intractable problem, and for many years all foreign aid had ended up in the colonels' pockets. ˌɪnˈtræktəbəl

Accepted Answer

Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled. Intractable simply means “untreatable,” and even comes from the same root. The word may describe both people and conditions. A cancer patient may suffer intractable pain that doctors are unable to treat. An intractable alcoholic goes back to the bottle immediately after “drying out.” Homelessness, though it hardly existed thirty years ago, is now sometimes regarded as an intractable problem

word	intractable
definition	Not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled.
eg_sentence	Corruption in the army was the country's intractable problem, and for many years all foreign aid had ended up in the colonels' pockets.
explanation	Intractable simply means “untreatable,” and even comes from the same root. The word may describe both people and conditions. A cancer patient may suffer intractable pain that doctors are unable to treat. An intractable alcoholic goes back to the bottle immediately after “drying out.” Homelessness, though it hardly existed thirty years ago, is now sometimes regarded as an intractable problem
IPA	ˌɪnˈtræktəbəl

Intractable Years Easily Handled Led Taught Controlled Corruption