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hardship
[ hahrd-ship ]
noun
- a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression:
a life of hardship.
Synonyms: misfortune, suffering, affliction, trouble
Antonyms: ease
- an instance or cause of this; something hard to bear, as a deprivation, lack of comfort, or constant toil or danger:
They faced bravely the many hardships of frontier life.
hardship
/ ˈhɑːdʃɪp /
noun
- conditions of life difficult to endure
- something that causes suffering or privation
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For the millions of women and girls displaced by conflicts across the globe, it has been a summer of extreme hardship.
So, the measure underestimates both economic hardship and the aid families receive.
In reality, economic hardship is much more commonplace, and its appearance is more subtle.
Omran has that deep, mature stare that only comes with years of hardship and struggle.
They never get there and their time in the minors is marked by real economic hardship.
As judge, I set about collecting his property with much diligence, involving considerable hardship.
Uriah said it would dishonour him to seek ease and pleasure at home while other soldiers were enduring hardship at the front.
This was a great hardship to banks, and has been corrected in many states by statutes and by the courts in others.
Regardless of its financial hardship, however, the educational system continued to improve.
The more he saw of life as it was, the more he was overcome by the sight of sorrow and hardship on every side.
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