Meaning & use

hardship

noun·Academic

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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