hard-won

See also: hardwon

English

Alternative forms

• hardwon

Etymology

hard + won

Adjective

hard-won (comparative harder-won or more hard-won, superlative hardest-won or most hard-won)

1. Having been obtained with effort, despite difficulty and hardship.
   • 2020 November 9, Gwen Ihnat, “With McCartney III, Paul McCartney offers lessons from a legendary life”, in The A.V. Club:

     with those decades of life come many hard-won lessons, and at this stage of the game, McCartney’s not above preaching a bit.

   • 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 72:

     The League of Nations, meanwhile, suffered a credibility gap as the United States never joined the organisation that its President argued was essential for preserving the hard-won peace.

Translations

having been obtained with effort

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 來之不易的／来之不易的 (láizhībùyì de)

• Finnish: kovalla työllä ansaittu
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: dyrköpt (sv)

See also

• hard-earned