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hard-pressed
adj 2
Collocations
4VERB + HARD-PRESSED
relieving
HARD-PRESSED + NOUN
h, refugees
PREP.
up
ADV.
conversely
Definitions
adj
1
Barely able. Having difficulty doing something.
Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.
From the 'fifties onwards the development of the South Wales & Monmouthshire coalfield went on at terrific speed, and railway construction was hard pressed to keep pace with it.
2
Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving.
The earthquake left the residents hard-pressed.
Speaking to Parliament on March 23, Sunak announced a temporary cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre to hard-pressed motorists who have faced spiralling prices for diesel and petrol in recent weeks.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.
Wiktionary02
From the 'fifties onwards the development of the South Wales & Monmouthshire coalfield went on at terrific speed, and railway construction was hard pressed to keep pace with it.
Wiktionary03
These units will replace the 2,800 h.p. motor coaches on the fast and heavy Zurich-Berne-Lausanne-Geneva push-and-pull expresses, which in their turn have been relieving the hard-pressed 2,520 h.p. Bo
Wiktionary04
"My feet aren't so dirty as yours!" "You'd be hard-pressed to call them clean, though!"
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I would be hard-pressed to make up a sentence out of thin air.
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Conversely, hard-pressed refugees talk of discrimination, exploitation by landlords and even greater abuses flowing from local resentment.
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