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recalcitrant

Adjective

Meanings

Adjective

[[]][stubbornly resistant to authority or control][often in a defiant or uncooperative manner]

The recalcitrant teenager refused to follow any of the house rules.

Adjective

[[]][resistant to a particular treatment][process][or chemical reaction]

The doctors struggled to treat the recalcitrant infection which resisted all standard antibiotics.

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