difficulty
IPA: dˈɪfʌkʌɫti
noun
- The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
- (sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
- An objection.
- That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
- An awkward situation or quarrel.
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Examples of "difficulty" in Sentences
- Its main difficulty is that it is not warm or cuddly, unlike God or Oprah. by Gregory Benford and Michael Rose.
- My main difficulty is the tightness of the plot and my need to inject "Dean-ness" (my sensibilities) into the work.
- In fact the increase in difficulty is much greater, and even more so at very selective schools, because so many other factors have changed.
- Created by a range of leading designers and illustrators, the Perplex City puzzle cards range in difficulty from the fun and easy to the captivatingly complex.
- The major part of the difficulty is the substantial support they need and their drive for personal gain, with both being heavily financially oriented and their total focus.
- The main difficulty is that the data obtained from around the world does not belong to them, and obtaining permissions from all and sundry has proven to be an exhausting process.
- But the main difficulty is that the great Hindu and Moslem religious communities which play such a vital part in the social and political life of India have not yet been able to compose their differences and to agree on a Constitution which would divide authority equitably between them and protect the rights of minorities.
- COOPER: But I have read some of the dissenting opinions from this 2002 Supreme Court ruling, and they basically said, look, we're leaving this incredibly vague and we're not really telling courts -- lower courts, how to deal with this, because who can -- I mean, the line for determining what they call difficulty controlling your impulses, it's a very shady line.
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