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Hardship

//ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp//

Definitions

1
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
He has survived periods of financial hardship before.
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distress grief anguish
2
A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.
When you visit the museum, we invite you to make a donation of $10 if this will not be a hardship.
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distress problem sorrow

1
To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
[…] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]

Word Origin

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

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//ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp//

1
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
He has survived periods of financial hardship before.
Similar
distress grief anguish
2
A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.
When you visit the museum, we invite you to make a donation of $10 if this will not be a hardship.
Similar
distress problem sorrow

1
To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
[…] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]

Word Origin

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

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