HARDSHIP
\hˈɑːdʃɪp], \hˈɑːdʃɪp], \h_ˈɑː_d_ʃ_ɪ_p]\
Definitions of HARDSHIP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
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something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
By Princeton University
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a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
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something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A hard state or condition; severe labour; want; injury; grievance; annoyance; oppression; burden of any kind.
By Thomas Sheridan
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