hard-hit

adjective

adversely affected; struck by disaster.

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Kaufman rode her Vespa to hard-hit parts of New Jersey to help clean houses and deliver food, but she was still restless.
For Sandy Victims, This Could Be the Coldest Thanksgiving Ever|Eliza Shapiro|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Many professors have been protected by tenure, even at hard-hit public institutions.
Despite the Great Recession, Obama’s New Coalition of Elites Has Thrived|Joel Kotkin|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mothers are hard-hit by the economy, yet work valiantly and willingly to sustain families, says Leslie Bennetts.
American Moms: Unsung Heroes of a Bad Economy|Leslie Bennetts|December 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
For a moment, Robert's hard-hit passing shot seemed to have scored.
Manners of the Age|Horace Brown Fyfe

The big man was weary, hard-hit financially, and definitely older.
Plowing On Sunday|Sterling North
He dashes at top speed for the only point where his hands may intercept that hard-hit ball.
The Hill|Horace Annesley Vachell
A terrible drama was being enacted on the hard-hit sinking ship.
The Adventures of the U-202|E. Spiegel
Two of its reporters were mobbed in the hard-hit ward, the day after the publication of the first article.
The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for hard-hit

hard-hit

adjective

seriously affected or hurthard-hit by taxation

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hard-hit

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hard-hit

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