- hard circumstances of life
- a thing hard to bear; specific cause of discomfort or suffering, as poverty, pain, etc.
Origin of hardship
Middle English heardschipe: see hard and -ship
noun
The definition of hardship is adversity, or something difficult or unpleasant that you must endure or overcome.
An example of hardship is when you are too poor to afford proper food or shelter and you must try to endure the hard times and deprivation.
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hardship
noun
- The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering.
- A thing or circumstance that causes ongoing or persistent suffering or difficulty: “Hives are a great hardship, but they will not injure your vital organs” ( Andrew Weil ) See Synonyms at difficulty.
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Noun
(plural hardships)
- (countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
- He has survived periods of financial hardship before.
Origin
From Middle English herdschipe, hardischipe, equivalent to hard + -ship.
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hardship - Legal Definition
n
The difficulty or distress
resulting to an individual or entity from a court decision, zoning decision, or
passage of a law; taken into account as one factor in an equity proceeding.
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Sentence Examples
- There was hardship, but scarcely any opposition.
- The hardship of attendance at the county courts was to some extent obviated.
- The Persians of Cyrus were a vigorous race of husbandmen, living in a healthy climate, accustomed to hardship, brave and upright.
- He accomplished the winter journey safely, though with considerable danger and hardship; and shortly after his return was appointed lieutenant-colonel of a Virginia regiment, under Colonel Joshua Fry.
- His last days were spent in a cave in the parish of Sorn, near his birthplace, and there he died in 1686, worn out by hardship and privation.
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