hard-hit

hard-hit

(härd′hĭt′)
adj.
Badly or adversely affected: "Official rescue and recovery efforts were ... just getting underway in this ravaged port city and more than a dozen other hard-hit towns" (R. Jeffrey Smith).
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hard-hit

adj
seriously affected or hurt: hard-hit by taxation.
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hard-hit

[ˈhɑːdˈhɪt] ADJ → muy afectado, muy perjudicado
small businesses have been particularly hard-hit by these measures → los pequeños negocios se han visto especialmente afectados or perjudicados por estas medidas
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