"counterdifficulty" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: counterdifficulties [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + difficulty. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|difficulty}} counter- + difficulty Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterdifficulty (plural counterdifficulties)
  1. A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1994, United States, United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, Library of Congress Personnel Policies and Procedures: Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, March 18 and 24, 1993, page 29:",
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