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hardship

hards·hip

UK/ˈhɑːdˌʃɪp/ US/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/ fairly common

noun

1.

a state of misfortune or affliction

  • “debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”
  • “a life of hardship”
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2.

something hard to endure

  • “the asperity of northern winters”
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3.

something that causes or entails suffering

  • “I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women” James Boswell
  • “the many hardships of frontier life”

Origin

From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.

Phrases

  • hardship post

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