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HARDSCRABBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hardscrabble mean?
• HARDSCRABBLE (adjective)
The adjective HARDSCRABBLE has 1 sense:
1. barely satisfying a lower standard
Familiarity information: HARDSCRABBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Barely satisfying a lower standard
Context example:
the sharecropper's hardscrabble life
Similar:
meager; meagerly; meagre; scrimpy; stingy (deficient in amount or quality or extent)
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