Hard-pressed (Adjective)
Meaning
Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The charity is hard-pressed to raise funds to continue its community programs.
- Several small businesses in the area are hard-pressed to stay afloat due to the economic downturn.
- The family was hard-pressed to pay their rent and utilities on time after losing their main source of income.
- The financially hard-pressed restaurant owner had to lay off staff to cut costs.
- The single mother was hard-pressed to make ends meet on her limited income.