widespread hardship
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwidespreadandhardship
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widespread
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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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 ofwidespreadandhardshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That survey was commissioned precisely to find out whether the existing arrangements do cause general orwidespreadhardship.
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He will indeed have to go so far that he will cause widespread unemployment andwidespreadhardshipbefore that is achieved.
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However, this debate is essential becausewidespreadhardshipis being caused.
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This is a matter which is causingwidespreadhardshipand even more widespread anxiety.
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It was remarkable that every report from every journey notedwidespreadhardship, and especially anxiety on the financial side.
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As we have heard, it has been claimed that there has beenwidespreadhardshipamong students this summer.
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Is he aware that these regulations will cause intense andwidespreadhardship?
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But we are not aware from evidence in our possession of any properly researched evidence of morewidespreadhardship.
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It tries to remedy perhaps not a verywidespreadhardship, but a hardship nevertheless.
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It reports thatwidespreadhardshipwould arise and that the main section of the line runs 100 miles through a rural locality.
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It is only the failure to do this which should cause public anxiety and could give rise towidespreadhardship.
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Such evidence as they have offered certainly has not pointed conclusively towidespreadhardship.
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I am sure that there could not be any appreciable orwidespreadhardshipwithout its coming to the notice of the doctors or the executive councils.
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Ineffective implementation of the survey by corrupt officials causedwidespreadhardshipand resentment.
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These policies causedwidespreadhardshipas many state enterprises found themselves without orders or financing.
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