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adversity (dict)
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Adversityadversity is defined as a state of misfortune or affliction, or it may be used to describe a calamitous event. It is related to the word "adverse" which means negative or contrary. Examples are "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity", "a life of hardship", "a stroke of ill fortune", and "a period marked by adversities." Source *Princeton University Wordnet a lexical database for the English language
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