hardshiphard‧ship /ˈhɑːdʃɪp $ ˈhɑːrd-/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
an economic policy that caused great hardship for many people Many students are suffering severe financial hardship.hardship of the hardships of warCOLLOCATIONSverbscause/create hardship· The severe winter caused great hardship in remote villages.experience/suffer hardship (also endure hardship formal)· Many pensioners experienced hardship paying the tax.face hardship (=will be affected by a difficult or painful situation)· One in four families in Britain is facing financial hardship.inflict hardship on somebody (=make someone be in a difficult or painful situation, used for emphasis)· Civil war has inflicted hardship and suffering on thousands of people.alleviate hardship formal (=make it less severe)· The program aims to alleviate hardship among the poorest sections of society.adjectivesgreat/immense/deep hardship (=a lot of hardship)· In the early years, the settlers faced great hardship.severe/serious/extreme hardship (=very bad)· The 1930s brought severe hardship to the Midwest, especially for Oklahoma.economic/financial hardship· The closure of the steelworks caused economic hardship for the town.considerable/substantial hardship· It is a region of considerable hardship and poverty.real/genuine hardship· Prolonged illness can cause real hardship for many families.unnecessary hardship· The ban is causing unnecessary hardship for fishermen.undue hardship law (=more than is reasonable)· His deportation would pose undue hardship on family members left in the United States.physical hardship (=when you lack the things that your body needs)· The people of the war-torn region face severe physical hardship.personal hardship (=hardship that affects you rather than other people or people in general)· The personal hardship experienced by my client includes the loss of his home, his job and his family.material hardship (=a serious lack of money or of things that you need in order to live)· Emergency government aid helped to relieve the flood victims' material hardship.phrasesin times of hardship· In times of hardship, your family may be the only people you can go to for help.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- During the war we faced many hardships.
- economic hardships
- Many students suffer financial hardship.
- Rising food prices caused great hardship for most of the population.
- But hardships are part of war, and war is an aggregation of hardships.
- For his family it was a life of hardship and sacrifice.
- Most travellers suffered appalling hardship and danger, none more so than the great Victorian explorers.
- Serving a company in a foreign land, for example, is no longer either a privilege or a hardship.
- The hardship and neglect suffered by the sick was confirmed by a report published by the Lancet in 1866.
- The idea was to talk to survivors of life's hardships, from concentration camp victims to cancer sufferers.
- They lead medieval-style lives of appalling hardship.
Longman Language Activatorsomething painful or unpleasant that you suffer
very unpleasant, painful, or upsetting conditions - use this especially about a situation that affects a lot of people: · The earthquake has caused massive damage and a great deal of human suffering.· Reporters described the suffering they had seen in the war zone.
when your life is difficult and uncomfortable, especially because you are very poor: · During the war we faced many hardships.· Rising food prices caused great hardship for most of the population.· Many students suffer financial hardship.
a difficult and unpleasant situation, in which people are suffering a lot and that makes you feel great sympathy for them: · The film deals with the nomadic desert people of the Sahel, whose plight has worsened in the recent years of drought.· A new report exposes the plight of skilled nurses, who work long hours for very low rates of pay.
a very sad, difficult, and unpleasant situation in which people suffer a lot, especially over a long time: · In the book she describes the agony of watching her child die.· With renewed fighting for control of the capital, there seems to be no end to the region's agony.
severe mental suffering, often continuing for a long time: · She suffered years of private torment over her decision to have her children adopted.· It's difficult for us to understand the torment the hostages are going through.
written a situation in which you have continuing difficulties that seem to be caused by bad luck: · They have suffered more than their fair share of adversity and managed to overcome it every time.in the face of adversity (=when experiencing adversity): · She somehow manages to keep laughing in the face of adversity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs Military spending imposes a huge strain on the economy.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The severe winter caused great hardship in remote villages.
(also endure hardship formal)· Many pensioners experienced hardship paying the tax.
(=will be affected by a difficult or painful situation)· One in four families in Britain is facing financial hardship.
(=make someone be in a difficult or painful situation, used for emphasis)· Civil war has inflicted hardship and suffering on thousands of people.
formal (=make it less severe)· The program aims to alleviate hardship among the poorest sections of society.
adjectives (=a lot of hardship)· In the early years, the settlers faced great hardship.
(=very bad)· The 1930s brought severe hardship to the Midwest, especially for Oklahoma.
· The closure of the steelworks caused economic hardship for the town.
· It is a region of considerable hardship and poverty.
· Prolonged illness can cause real hardship for many families.
· The ban is causing unnecessary hardship for fishermen.
law (=more than is reasonable)· His deportation would pose undue hardship on family members left in the United States.
(=when you lack the things that your body needs)· The people of the war-torn region face severe physical hardship.
(=hardship that affects you rather than other people or people in general)· The personal hardship experienced by my client includes the loss of his home, his job and his family.
(=a serious lack of money or of things that you need in order to live)· Emergency government aid helped to relieve the flood victims' material hardship.
phrases· In times of hardship, your family may be the only people you can go to for help.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Military spending imposes a huge strain on the economy.· Aside from the psychological strain of settling in, some had to face considerable physical hardship.· Sargant, J. granted the injunction, even though in doing so it would involve considerable hardship on the part of the Council.· In the event of a serious loss considerable hardship can be caused by under insurance.· Students suffer considerable hardship as a result.· Consequently, he experienced considerable financial hardship which was exacerbated towards the end of his life by illness.
· Mosfilm remains weakened by economic hardship, but employees were confident the worst was over.· The couple has not repaid a $ 27, 000 grant, citing economic hardship.· Manypeople have also suffered massive economic hardship in the monetary crisis.· In the face of economic hardship, union women have gone beyond the limited reformism of their labor federations.· Children are also sensitive to stress caused by anxiety, uncertainty and economic hardship.· Refugee situation Political uncertainty and economic hardships led to a continued outflow of refugees, particularly from the minorities.· The economic hardship facing farmers worsened in the years after 1914.
· Since the beginning of all storytelling, true lovers are shown as willing to die or face extreme hardship to save each other.· Plunging prices have caused extreme hardship for farmers and workers throughout the Third World.
· As families face greater financial hardship, the health threats that poverty represents become starker.· Owners, it said, could apply for extensions if they faced unreasonable financial hardship.· Because this would cause Mr Goodman financial hardship, a High Court judge said that it was wrong to grant a stay.· Supporters claim the policy lies at the heart of their efforts to impose financial hardships on the Castro regime.· So the financial hardships imposed by temporary unemployment or strikes fell.· Apart from the possible financial hardship of retirement many find it hard to adjust to having little to do.· A lax attitude to accident prevention can not be justified by the perennial excuses of financial hardships and pressure from high work-loads.· Some are rushed in as emergency cases leaving bills unpaid, rent in arrears and families in financial hardship.
· This policy caused great hardship in villages where it was not possible to grow enough rice for the needs of the residents.· In the old days they could stand great hardship and travel long distance without water.· As families face greater financial hardship, the health threats that poverty represents become starker.· The winter just ending had been exceptionally severe, causing great hardship to the poorer people.· Today's elderly experienced great hardship and deprivation during their formative years.· Yet constant raids were causing great losses and hardship.· You can't book and might be forced to hang out a while in the noisy Champagne Bar-no great hardship.· The result of this anomalous position has been that the majority of the disabled have had to suffer great financial hardship.
· Aside from the psychological strain of settling in, some had to face considerable physical hardship.· Beyond the physical hardships of poverty, he worries about the identity crisis that now afflicts the masses of rural immigrants.· There was no history of violence or physical hardship in my upbringing at all.· Workers have attributed skin rashes, dizziness, muscle cramps and miscarriages to the chemicals and physical hardship they endure.· But the Tallentires were farmers and used to the physical hardships that go hand-in-hand with life on the land.· She endured, and even enjoyed, considerable physical hardship on occasion.· As her subjects prepared for action, she encountered and noted the physical hardships that prevailed, notably the intense cold.· As a result they suffer from poverty, physical hardship, neglect, sickness and disability, loneliness, humiliation and fear.
· This was of course in the days prior to National Health Insurance when prolonged illness meant real hardship.
· In the years after 1930 the world depression caused severe hardship.· They say it's failing millions of people living in severe hardship.· They accept that, in principle, it is possible for private and public companies to suffer severe financial hardship.· But recurrent harvest failures, the most notorious of which led to devastating famine in 1891, imposed severe hardship on many.
· What's the point in saving everything for a comfortable old age if you're suffering hardship now?
· Criteria for eligibility in criminal cases remains unchanged and will continue to be based on the test of undue hardship.· Knight said such a situation would create an undue hardship for businesses that would have to pay the cost of health benefits.· In considering what would amount to undue hardship, the nature and cost of the accommodation should be looked at.· A slave might not be ill-treated or subjected to undue hardship.· The burden of proof should be upon the employer to demonstrate undue hardship.
NOUN· Suddenly, I needed witnesses, including hardship cases, those who had suffered.· Martic must consider such hardship cases.
VERB· On Jan. 14 Olszewski had agreed to look into budget proposals from the Solidarity trade union which would cause less hardship.· First, there was the risk of physical shortage, causing dislocation and possible hardship.· The winter just ending had been exceptionally severe, causing great hardship to the poorer people.· Because this would cause Mr Goodman financial hardship, a High Court judge said that it was wrong to grant a stay.· Yet constant raids were causing great losses and hardship.· Although a short period of unemployment may be unwelcome and will certainly cause hardship, it is not necessarily disastrous.· Plunging prices have caused extreme hardship for farmers and workers throughout the Third World.
· We have endured hardship in order to provide continuous feedback.· Born in about 570, Muhammad endured many hardships in the first forty years of his life.· Working-class women who endured hardship and self-sacrifice and survived with something of themselves still intact.· Wilson speeches often praise the gumption of illegal immigrants who take risks and endure hardships to better themselves and their families.· Nineteenth-century irrigation pioneers were better suited to endure hardships than settlers who struggled to survive on Federal Reclamation projects after 1902.· His own soldiers respected him because he was always prepared to endure hardships.· She has had to endure hardships and humiliations.
· Consequently, he experienced considerable financial hardship which was exacerbated towards the end of his life by illness.
· Aside from the psychological strain of settling in, some had to face considerable physical hardship.· Owners, it said, could apply for extensions if they faced unreasonable financial hardship.· As families face greater financial hardship, the health threats that poverty represents become starker.· Since the beginning of all storytelling, true lovers are shown as willing to die or face extreme hardship to save each other.· The decision has left some of them facing financial hardship.· A Benevolent Fund has been established and been able to help an increasing number of members facing hardship.
· But recurrent harvest failures, the most notorious of which led to devastating famine in 1891, imposed severe hardship on many.· Supporters claim the policy lies at the heart of their efforts to impose financial hardships on the Castro regime.
· Most travellers suffered appalling hardship and danger, none more so than the great Victorian explorers.· He was a man who suffered hardship gladly, a hunter and a soldier.· Manypeople have also suffered massive economic hardship in the monetary crisis.· Excessive reliance on corporate entities managing only the costs creates suffering and hardship for patients and their families.· Students suffer considerable hardship as a result.· Students are undoubtedly a section of the population who have suffered substantial hardship as a result of Government-inspired measures.· They accept that, in principle, it is possible for private and public companies to suffer severe financial hardship.· The result of this anomalous position has been that the majority of the disabled have had to suffer great financial hardship.
WORD FAMILYnounhardshiphardnesshardinessadjectivehardhardenedhardyadverbhardhardlyverbharden
something that makes your life difficult or unpleasant, especially a lack of money, or the condition of having a difficult life: an economic policy that caused great hardship for many people Many students are suffering severe financial hardship.hardship of the hardships of warCOLLOCATIONSverbscause/create hardship· The severe winter caused great hardship in remote villages.experience/suffer hardship (also endure hardship formal)· Many pensioners experienced hardship paying the tax.face hardship (=will be affected by a difficult or painful situation)· One in four families in Britain is facing financial hardship.inflict hardship on somebody (=make someone be in a difficult or painful situation, used for emphasis)· Civil war has inflicted hardship and suffering on thousands of people.alleviate hardship formal (=make it less severe)· The program aims to alleviate hardship among the poorest sections of society.adjectivesgreat/immense/deep hardship (=a lot of hardship)· In the early years, the settlers faced great hardship.severe/serious/extreme hardship (=very bad)· The 1930s brought severe hardship to the Midwest, especially for Oklahoma.economic/financial hardship· The closure of the steelworks caused economic hardship for the town.considerable/substantial hardship· It is a region of considerable hardship and poverty.real/genuine hardship· Prolonged illness can cause real hardship for many families.unnecessary hardship· The ban is causing unnecessary hardship for fishermen.undue hardship law (=more than is reasonable)· His deportation would pose undue hardship on family members left in the United States.physical hardship (=when you lack the things that your body needs)· The people of the war-torn region face severe physical hardship.personal hardship (=hardship that affects you rather than other people or people in general)· The personal hardship experienced by my client includes the loss of his home, his job and his family.material hardship (=a serious lack of money or of things that you need in order to live)· Emergency government aid helped to relieve the flood victims' material hardship.phrasesin times of hardship· In times of hardship, your family may be the only people you can go to for help.