Meaning & use
hardship
Severe difficulty or suffering, especially due to a lack of money, resources, or comfort.
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The family endured years of hardship after the factory where they worked closed down.
Despite the hardship of losing her job, she managed to keep the household afloat.
A note on using this word
Hardship is often used in the plural, hardships, to describe a series of specific difficult experiences over time.
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