hardship
/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.56 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He has survived periods of financial hardship before."
- "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."
- "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."
- "When you visit the museum, we invite you to make a donation of $10 if this will not be a hardship."
- "[…] an adjustment of the income tax could easily produce the twenty millions without hardshipping any industrious person in the community […]"
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
- British English: /ˈhɑːdˌʃɪp/