significant hardship

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantandhardship

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significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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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 ofsignificantandhardshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant hardship

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Children who exhibit positive outcomes without having experiencedsignificanthardshipof one sort or another could be considered competent but not resilient.
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This may cause nosignificanthardshipbut, according to the advisory committee, for some there may well be serious hardship.
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The regulations will not causesignificanthardshipand will not cause eviction or homelessness.
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It said that in most cases there was no reason to expect anysignificanthardship.
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That has causedsignificanthardshipto health authorities, and especially for patients in those areas.
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However, for two years the major cockle fisheries in these areas have been closed, causingsignificanthardshipand even bankruptcy.
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It does not appear to have caused grief, angst or anysignificanthardship.
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If nothing is done, many will suffersignificanthardshipin old age.
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This proposal is designed, amongst other things, to prevent the use of exclusion powers causingsignificanthardship, either financial or emotional, to the family of the excluded person.
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Guidance will be needed as to how the regulations will address the problem of limited call-out, coupled with fair treatment for those who might suffersignificanthardship.
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Those proposals are designed, among other things, to prevent the use of exclusion powers causingsignificanthardship, either financial or emotional, to the family of the excluded person.
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A fine might represent the equivalent of a month's food and rent for one offender and therefore might result insignificanthardshipfor him and his family.
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Often, their parents have enduredsignificanthardshipto support the student through college and placed hopes of attaining a higher living standard in the cities upon those college graduates.
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In 2004 26% of children were reported as living in serious orsignificanthardship, while at the same time only 4% of over-65 year olds were.
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Once-prosperous planters sufferedsignificanthardship.
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An estimated 30 million people work in this field and these people are exposed to significant hardships and dangers quite apart from the effects of globalisation.
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Lastly, the consequences presented must not cause compulsion and, must, not constitute atypical and significant hardships in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.
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Thousands of the town's inhabitants were evicted from their homes and forced to endure significant hardships and deportations.
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The freed population faced significant hardships.
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