adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
seemingly intractable (= seeming to be impossible deal with )
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Unemployment remained a serious, seemingly intractable problem.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared.
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Economic disparities grow ever greater and more intractable .
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Elsewhere the problems are far more intractable .
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Taking the discussion one step further to the reduction of inequalities in outcome, one is faced with even more intractable problems.
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However, behind the tendencies we have charted lurks a more intractable problem, that of curriculum expertise.
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Tony's learning difficulties and in particular his own attitude to them, proved more intractable .
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The third criticism, however, seems more intractable .
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But where a disease is contracted by the defendant, more intractable difficulties arise.
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It has been and remains the most intractable problem of world diplomacy.
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But perhaps the most intractable obstacle to mass college attendance was the elite character of the college itself.
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But the most intractable problem in Baia Mare is not smoke but dust.
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His first was the development of submerged combustion, which enabled the most intractable liquids to be heated without expensive constructions.
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From him even the most intractable pages stir with revolutionary fervour.
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These theoretical problems are most visible and at their most intractable in the area of fostering and adoption policy.
seemingly
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Even more seemingly intractable problems will be posed by attempts to store virtual reality.
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Although here, too, Chicago had fared better than many older cities, unemployment remained a serious, seemingly intractable problem.
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It provided simple answers to seemingly intractable questions.
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Do not concern yourself with this seemingly intractable problem.
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It should be one which presents a seemingly intractable problem.
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What he was really saying, though, is that we face seemingly intractable problems and that the solutions will be difficult.
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But remember: you have to believe that the seemingly intractable problem can be cracked.
■ NOUN
problem
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It has been and remains the most intractable problem of world diplomacy.
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Taking the discussion one step further to the reduction of inequalities in outcome, one is faced with even more intractable problems .
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It was a breathtakingly audacious solution to an intractable problem , and the results were to be breathtaking as well.
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However, behind the tendencies we have charted lurks a more intractable problem , that of curriculum expertise.
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Although here, too, Chicago had fared better than many older cities, unemployment remained a serious, seemingly intractable problem .
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As a result, their efforts were diverted more towards devising non-custodial alternatives than facing up to the intractable problems of institutional confinement.
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For understandable reasons, Toyota wanted no part of the Fremont location and its history of intractable problems .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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intractable enemies
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Even rich nations often have intractable poverty.
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The disposal of toxic wastes is one of the most intractable problems facing industrialized societies.