Collocations for hardship - noun

appalling, considerable, dreadful, extreme, genuine, great, immense, real, severe | widespread | undue, unnecessary | economic, financial, material, personal, physical

cause | bear, endure, experience, face, suffer, survive
a close community which makes these hardships easier to bear | Students may suffer severe financial hardship as a result of the government''s decision. | They have already survived considerable hardship.

payment
The union made hardship payments to some of the sacked workers.

in ~
They are living in genuine hardship.

without ~
Rail services to rural areas could be withdrawn without undue hardship.

~ among
widespread hardship among students

~ to
The cold was no real hardship to me.

times of hardship
In times of economic hardship, firms cut back on training.