degree of difficulty

noun

1. a rating which reflects the difficulty of the manoeuvre or action an athlete is attempting to perform in sports such as gymnastics and diving, and which is factored into the final score

Example Sentences

But a deeper look reveals a degree of difficulty beneath the storyline.

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Banks: I think the degree of difficulty with comedy is much higher.

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“The degree of difficulty is very high. He has what’s on the page, and then he has to do something physical. And then this actor is so talented that he puts some other spin on top of it. That’s a trick that gets high marks.”

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All this is to say, “Star Trek: Section 31” was saddled with an impossible degree of difficulty from the jump.

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Roles like this are kind of a holy grail for an actor, where there’s a degree of difficulty, and you want to try to transform, and you want it also to be alive and not just mimetic and all those things.

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