hardship

3 definitions • 5 examples

(something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example of this:

economic hardship

a condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering:

[ U ] The 1930s were a time of high unemployment and economic hardship.

a condition that causes difficulty or suffering, for example, being without a job or enough money:

financial/economic hardship The price of cooking gas increased five-fold, worsening the economic hardship.

extreme/real/severe hardship

The Commission does not believe that the proposed rule change will pose an undue hardship on venture capital firms.