fractious

adjective

1
unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome
rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas
fractious components of a communication system
2
easily irritated or annoyed
an incorrigibly fractious young man
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
3
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
a refractory child

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