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US
/ˈhɑɹdʃɪp/
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[ UK /hˈɑːdʃɪp/ ]
[ UK /hˈɑːdʃɪp/ ]
NOUN
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something hard to endure
the asperity of northern winters -
a state of misfortune or affliction
a life of hardship
debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity -
something that causes or entails suffering
the many hardships of frontier life
I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women
How To Use hardship In A Sentence
- We have endured hardship in order to provide continuous feedback.
- The idea was to talk to survivors of life's hardships, from concentration camp victims to cancer sufferers.
- Hardships grope for years. If I can anticipate results.
- Liz smiles professionally and holds Larry, who wheezes and splutters, enduring his hardship with a stoicism that looks exhausting.
- Especially on the left, the defeat in 1849 provoked a period of reassessment which, together with the hardship and loneliness of political exile, led to some substantial political realignments.
- The hardships have been played down and there are only oblique references to the question of whether or not a ransom was paid. Times, Sunday Times
- Through their intimate portrayal of the daily struggles of Natividad Nata, her husband Daniel and their children, we discover the true face of hardship, but also Nata's courage and resilience and her family's unfaltering love and unity. E. Nina Rothe: The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Digs Deep, Asks the Hard Questions
- The hardships of war cloud his childhood memories.
- They say the system is broken and it is creating hardship for day laborers and their families.
- Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. C. S. Lewis