[U,C] a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc:
economic / financial hardship * People suffered many hardships during that long winter. * The two men endured great hardship during their trek across Antarctica. * It was no hardship to walk home on such a lovely evening.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is hardship a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hardship is tagged as noun.
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