hardscrabble

Definition of Hardscrabble in English :

1. hardscrabble

barely satisfying a lower standard

Example Sentences:
'the sharecropper's hardscrabble life'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hardscrabble

noun US informal

1. (modifier)

(of a place) difficult to make a living in; barren

2.

great effort made in the face of difficulties

adjective

producing or earning only a very small amount; barren

a hardscrabble farm, life, etc.

adj.

Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal: the sharecropper's hardscrabble life.

n.

Barren or marginal farmland.