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How to pronounce hardship in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms adversity, hard knocks
Type of tough luck, bad luck, misfortune, ill luck
Has types extremity, ill-being, victimization, catastrophe, disaster, distress, low-water mark, nadir, affliction


a life of hardship.
Type Words
Synonyms asperity, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
Type of difficultness, difficulty
Has types sternness
Type Words
Type of bad luck, misfortune


I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women.
the many hardships of frontier life.

Examples of hardship

hardship
Last week, a new report told of the hardship faced by today's first-time buyers.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
This is what most of my own people have to endure and just stomach the hardship.
From the scoop.co.nz
What Chris is trying to do is almost off the Richter scale in terms of hardship.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You may be able to negotiate a revised repayment plan under hardship provisions.
From the dailytelegraph.com.au
Some companies let employees facing financial hardship get their paycheck early.
From the sacbee.com
Despite occasional adventures, Boykin's childhood was characterized by hardship.
From the al.com
The developer also must explain a hardship that would result without a variance.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Millions of unemployed didn't need the numbers to remind them of their hardship.
From the abcnews.go.com
We would continue to be vigilant about any kind of hardship posed by these fees.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Adversity: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
  • Asperity: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
  • Something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"
  • (Hardships!) Hardships! is an album by Jenny Wilson, released in 2009.
  • Difficulty or trouble; hard times
  • (Hardships) shall mean, but are not limited to, serious illness, disability, transfer of employment or other good cause shown.
  • A period of financial difficulty during which the lender allows the borrower to delay repayment or decrease monthly payments.
  • A hardship is a material change in the financial situation of a homeowner that will affect their ability to pay their mortgage.
  • A difficult or adverse situation for a tenant household (for example, loss of a family member).