enormous hardship

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandhardship

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enormous
adjective
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/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousandhardshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Provided the date was set far enough ahead, it would not result inenormoushardship.
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The crisis has causedenormoushardshipto very large numbers of people.
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Stopping payments in that period naturally causesenormoushardshipand friction with the ex-spouse.
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It has causedenormoushardshipto those who are on strike and has also caused the company's first loss.
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It cannot be denied that the strike has involvedenormoushardship.
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Anenormoushardship, therefore, will be inflicted on the free house.
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Does he agree that what he proposes will involveenormoushardshipto the parents concerned because of inflation eroding these grants?
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The original proposals broughtenormoushardshipto hundreds if not thousands of my constituents.
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That is causingenormoushardshipto a number of successful applicants.
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I think that this will inflictenormoushardshipupon a large number of very innocent persons.
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It is widely recognised that the withdrawal of entitlement to benefits since 1996 for large numbers of asylum seekers has causedenormoushardship.
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Is he aware that the poorest farmers—the 25 million coffee-growing farmers worldwide—are sufferingenormoushardshipbecause of the price of coffee?
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When the fatal disease takes hold—it does so among men mainly—their families sufferenormoushardship.
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The problem is causingenormoushardshipto many vulnerable people.
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But the paucity of cottages is anenormoushardshipupon the agricultural labourer.
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Is he further aware that that isenormoushardshipfor students when they first come to university, and that it seriously affects their studies?
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He knows theenormoushardshipthat is caused to the fishermen and agricultural workers in his constituency.
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There are clear signs in my constituency that that is causingenormoushardshipand great uncertainty among those working there.
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There have been months ofenormoushardshipand embitterment.
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This will causeenormoushardshipto a large number of tenants.
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