hard-pressed
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6.0
- adjective
- /hɑrdˈprɛst/
- If you're hard-pressed for ready cash, it won't cost you a nickel.
- hard-pressed to find
- hard-pressed to meet
- hard-pressed governments
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Watch on YouTubeWe are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed.
- We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed.
- I I'm hard pressed to find a better example of like musical width, you know what I mean?
- And, you know, now you'd be hard pressed to ask certain mainstream gamers if they've never heard of this game or that popular independent game.
- Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to find kind of a comic book hero esque sort of character of a woman who's not very hourglass.
- But you'd be hard pressed to, like, get the average man in the street to even tell you accurately which celebrities are Jewish.
Examples
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Our army is hard-pressed!
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Without it, professional humanists would be hard-pressed to explain why society should continue paying their salaries.
Academic text (1991) -
As a result, governments have been hard pressed even to maintain existing programs.
Academic text (1990) -
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed.
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One would be hard-pressed to find any activity with more benefits than a game of basketball.
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Also, like other states, Kentucky has been hard-pressed to accurately identify children in need of these services.
Academic text (1993) -
As a result, most third-world countries were hard-pressed to meet their debt obligations and to cover their import costs.
Academic text (1995) -
Without this open communication, municipalities will be hard-pressed to conduct honest dealings with private property owners.
Academic text (2001) -
The Austrians are hard pressed along the line, and now French cavalry and Fiorella's troops threatened to cut off their retreat.
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Many families are hard-pressed to make ends meet due to rising living costs.
Synonyms
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3.9
Having trouble because of not enough money, success, or recognition
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4.1
Having serious money problems and unable to pay bills
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6.0
Very sick or having serious money problems
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5.1
Very poor and needing help to live
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8.0
Having very little money and struggling to pay bills
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8.0
In a difficult situation with little time or help
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6.5
A person who has little money to pay basic costs
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7.0
Completely without something that is needed or wanted
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8.3
Unable to manage easily because you have little money or help
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7.2
In a difficult situation with little time or money
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8.6
A person who has little money and cannot buy basic things
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Morphology
Etymology
Hard-pressed comes from the picture of someone pressed ('squeezed') very hard, as if under a heavy weight. So, if you are hard-pressed you are under strong pressure or in real difficulty, often 'short of money'.