"hard-pressed" meaning in All languages combined

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hard-pressed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hard-pressed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 417:",
          "text": "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-Bo locomotives of the Re 4/4 type.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Barely able. Having difficulty doing something."
      ],
      "id": "en-hard-pressed-en-adj-SsqYZOxp",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, usually with to-infinitive) Barely able. Having difficulty doing something."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with to-infinitive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "barely able",
          "word": "hard put"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "barely able",
          "word": "hard pushed"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "usually"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "barely able",
          "word": "vaikea"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The earthquake left the residents hard-pressed.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 April 6, “Network News: Spring Statement: Sunak accused of making rail less competitive”, in RAIL, number 954, page 8:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving."
      ],
      "id": "en-hard-pressed-en-adj-5ccZp6Hc",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "sense": "in financial or survival difficulty",
          "word": "in dire straits"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "usage: \"to be hard-pressed\" - olla vaikeuksissa",
          "sense": "in financial or survival difficulty",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "vaikeudet"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hard pressed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hardpressed"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard-pressed"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hard-pressed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hard-pressed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Federal Railways' progress”, in Modern Railways, page 417:",
          "text": "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-Bo locomotives of the Re 4/4 type.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Barely able. Having difficulty doing something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, usually with to-infinitive) Barely able. Having difficulty doing something."
      ],
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        "with to-infinitive"
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The earthquake left the residents hard-pressed.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 April 6, “Network News: Spring Statement: Sunak accused of making rail less competitive”, in RAIL, number 954, page 8:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Experiencing financial difficulty or difficulty in surviving."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "barely able",
      "word": "hard put"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barely able",
      "word": "hard pushed"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in financial or survival difficulty",
      "word": "in dire straits"
    },
    {
      "word": "hard pressed"
    },
    {
      "word": "hardpressed"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "barely able",
      "word": "vaikea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "usage: \"to be hard-pressed\" - olla vaikeuksissa",
      "sense": "in financial or survival difficulty",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vaikeudet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard-pressed"
}