HyperDic: hardscrabble

English > 1 sense of the word *hardscrabble*:
ADJECTIVE	all	hardscrabble	barely satisfying a lower standard

hardscrabble > pronunciation
Sounds	hhaa'rdskrae.bahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *hardscrabble*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Barely satisfying a lower standard.
Example	"the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"
Broader	meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy	Deficient in amount or quality or extent
Spanish	insignificante, marginal
Catalan	insignificant, marginal