Hardship Meaning
/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounDifficulty or trouble; hard times.
nounA burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.
Sentence Examples
Kaishuu made nothing of hardship.
Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The family faced great ____ during the long drought without food or water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The community faced great ____ after the massive flood destroyed many of their homes.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English hardshipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"If train services of this kind were to be cut off, without any provision of alternative services, there would, of course, be hardship in some cases."
— 1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 377:
"The TUCC's role was to assess what (if any) hardship a BR closure proposal would cause, and to make recommendations to ministers who would have the final say."
— 2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26:
"[…] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]"
— 1969, Tract Series, numbers 96-129, page 529:
"Although we lost the election by the narrowest of margins, the people of Oregon heard a great deal about education, and particularly about how "look-say" reading instruction was hardshipping Oregon school children."
— 1970, Reading Reform Foundation, The Annual Reading Reform Foundation Conference, page 47:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The family faced great ____ during the long drought without food or water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The community faced great ____ after the massive flood destroyed many of their homes.