Adjective
hard hit (comparative more hard hit, superlative most hard hit)
In severe difficulties; greatly affected by a problem.
hard-hit (comparative more hard-hit, superlative most hard-hit)
Alternative spelling of hard hit
hard-hit
I was hard hit. I wanted to ask this little girl to marry me. If we had passed eight days together, I should have done so! How weak and incomprehensible a man sometimes is! Guy de Maupassant
A £1.5BILLION spending spree in hard-hit pubs and shops today will help to kick-start Britain’s battered economy. Source: Internet
A Financial Times analysis of hard-hit places has only Bergamo, Italy, and Guayas, Ecuador, running ahead of New York in percentage of excess deaths — not Madrid, London or Ile-de-France. Source: Internet
As coronavirus cases surge in hard-hit Florida, so do the turnaround times for test results. Source: Internet
Another hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, is en route to hard-hit New York City Monday morning. Source: Internet
Asian Americans have also been hard-hit by the downturn, with a drop of 5.2 percentage points in their EPOP from year-ago levels. Source: Internet