hardscrabble

• Describe una vida o situación difícil que exige mucho trabajo duro con escasa recompensa, frecuentemente asociada con la agricultura o la pobreza rural.

Describes a life or situation that is difficult and involves a lot of hard work with little reward, often used in the context of farming or rural poverty.

1. Barely meeting a lower standardC1formalamerican

   Involving or characterized by a struggle to achieve even a minimal level of success or comfort.

   de subsistencia precaria

   • They lived a hardscrabble existence on the remote farm.
   • The artist's early years were a hardscrabble period of poverty and rejection.
   • The team managed a hardscrabble victory in the final minutes of the game.

   Sinónimosarduousdifficultgruelingharshmarginalprecariousstrugglingtough

   Antónimosaffluentcomfortableeasyfortunateluxuriousprosperoussuccessfulthrivingwealthy