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hardscrabble definition

hardscrabble


 
  Overview  of  adj  hardscrabble 
 
  The  adj  hardscrabble  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  hardscrabble,  poor  --  (yielding  little  by  great  labor;  "a  hardscrabble  farm";  "poor  soil") 
  2.  hardscrabble,  marginal  --  (of  a  bare  living  gained  by  great  labor;  "the  sharecropper's  hardscrabble  life";  "a  marginal  existence") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  hardscrabble 
 
  2  senses  of  hardscrabble 
 
  Sense  1 
  hardscrabble,  poor 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unfruitful)  ->  fruitful 
 
  Sense  2 
  hardscrabble,  marginal 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  meager)  ->  ample 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  hardscrabble 
 
  2  senses  of  hardscrabble 
 
  Sense  1 
  hardscrabble,  poor 
  =>  unfruitful  (vs.  fruitful) 
 
  Sense  2 
  hardscrabble,  marginal 
  =>  meager  (vs.  ample),  meagre,  meagerly 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  hardscrabble 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  hardscrabble 
 
  hardscrabble  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  hardscrabble 
  hardscrabble 
 
  Overview  of  adj  hardscrabble 
 
  The  adj  hardscrabble  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  hardscrabble,  poor  --  (yielding  little  by  great  labor;  "a  hardscrabble  farm";  "poor  soil") 
  2.  hardscrabble,  marginal  --  (of  a  bare  living  gained  by  great  labor;  "the  sharecropper's  hardscrabble  life";  "a  marginal  existence") 



hardscrabble definition