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hardship - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hardship' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hardship [ n.]
- That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.

Meaning of 'hardship' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hardship [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of misfortune or affliction
Example in sentence:
  • a life of hardship;
  • debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
Meaning (2):
- something that causes or entails suffering
Example in sentence:
  • I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women;
  • the many hardships of frontier life
Meaning (3):
- something hard to endure
Example in sentence:
  • the asperity of northern winters