unretrainable
Cannot learn again
Unable to be retrained.
The word appears most often in discussions of machine learning models that cannot be updated with new data, or employees whose habits or skills resist correction: The legacy system proved unretrainable on modern datasets.
Sometimes describes animals or people whose behavior is too ingrained to modify.
Failing to react or reply
- imperviousUnable to be affected
- unreceptiveUnwilling to accept ideas
- unamenableNot responsive to influence
- unadaptableCannot modify to fit
uncoachable · unteachable · indocile · closed-minded · impenetrable · thick-skinned · hardened · desensitized
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- obdurateStubbornly refusing to change
adamant · mulish · pigheaded · intransigent · recalcitrant · unbending · uncooperative · defiant
Beyond possibility of success
- irremediableImpossible to correct
- irredeemableImpossible to reform
- incurableCannot be healed
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
beyond help · unsalvageable · lost cause · write-off · intractable · unimprovable · unfixable
Firmly established by habit
- hardwiredPermanently connected by wires
- setArrange in position
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- deep-rootedFirmly and long established
embedded · permanent · indelible · irreversible · unchangeable · immutable · unalterable · locked-in
unresponsive
Failing to react or reply
- imperviousUnable to be affected
- unreceptiveUnwilling to accept ideas
- unamenableNot responsive to influence
unadaptable · uncoachable · unteachable · indocile · closed-minded · impenetrable · thick-skinned · hardened · desensitized · immune
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
obdurate · adamant · mulish · pigheaded · intransigent · recalcitrant · unbending · uncooperative · defiant · contrary
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
- irremediableImpossible to correct
- irredeemableImpossible to reform
- incurableCannot be healed
beyond help · unrecoverable · unsalvageable · lost cause · write-off · intractable · unimprovable · unfixable
ingrained
Firmly established by habit
- hardwiredPermanently connected by wires
- setArrange in position
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
deep-rooted · embedded · permanent · indelible · irreversible · unchangeable · immutable · unalterable · locked-in · fossilized