HARDSCRABBLE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of a bare living gained by great labor
   Synonym(s)
   • marginal (what does marginal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the sharecropper’’s hardscrabble life
   • a marginal existence
   Similar To
   • meager (what does meager mean?)
   • meagre (what does meagre mean?)
   • meagerly (what does meagerly mean?)
2. Meaning
   • yielding little by great labor
   Synonym(s)
   • poor (what does poor mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a hardscrabble farm
   • poor soil
   Similar To
   • unfruitful (what does unfruitful mean?)