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difficulty

/ˈdɪfəkəlti/ · 10 letters · 8 distinct letters

  1. noun

    an effort that is inconvenient

    I went to a lot of trouble

  2. noun

    a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

    serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent

  3. noun

    a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

    grappling with financial difficulties

  4. noun

    the quality of being difficult

    they agreed about the difficulty of the climb

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