severe hardship

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereandhardship

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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hardship
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈhɑːd.ʃɪp/us
/ˈhɑːrd.ʃɪp/
(something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example ...
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(Definition ofsevereandhardshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsevere hardship

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Whenever a wife failed to manage the household's finances effectively,severehardshipwould be occasioned for all members of the household.
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By contrast, in land abundant areas where cultivators never lacked the land to grow food,severehardshipwas rare.
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Battles among janissaries, mercenaries, and neighborhood gangs appear as destructive rampages that could close the markets for days and bringseverehardshipto the entire city.
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If there isseverehardshipand the parents cannot support their child, there will be an entitlement to income support.
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Not all 16 and 17 year-olds will have to proveseverehardshipin order to receive benefit.
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At a time when the pound was constantly falling in value, those teachers sufferedseverehardship.
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It increased its sales, which in turn causedseverehardshipto its competitors in the neighbourhood.
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Claims for income support under theseverehardshipprovision will be entertained from any 16 or 17-year-old.
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Young people entitled onseverehardshipgrounds already receive the full rate of income support.
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The guidance in theseverehardshipdirections makes clear that all relevant circumstances must be taken into account.
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If such a young person re-registers for training and is at risk ofseverehardship, he will be able to seek a direction.
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They can qualify with aseverehardshipdirection.
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I shall tackle only one point—that of theseverehardshippayments, which are intended to plug a gap.
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I do not think we can contemplate allowing the wives and children of unofficial strikers to sufferseverehardship.
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I should point out also that local education authorities can makeseverehardshipawards to undergraduates in the long vacation.
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It can be argued that, because theseverehardshippayment has become more than a temporary provision, some safety net is now in place.
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It is aseverehardshipbecause those people have had their properties requisitioned for fifteen years since the end of the war.
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In some countries, when reactors have had to be shut down, there has been a loss of electricity which has causedseverehardship.
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It is estimated that during the next 20 weeks a great many people will sufferseverehardship.
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The voluntary unemployment rules, as well as causingseverehardship, are a headache for all those concerned in their administration.
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