hard-hit
adjective
: profoundly stricken : affected in an especially negative way
one of the industries particularly hard-hit during the downturn
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The Royals added three more in the third after Teoscar Hernández let a hard-hit, but very much catchable, line drive get over his head in right to score one run, and Bobby Witt Jr. added a two-run homer with two outs in the inning.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
In turn, two state programs that are supposed to cushion employees from the effects of workplace disruption were hard-hit.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Johnson and Jackson counties have been especially hard-hit.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Five of those 12 reached, and even the outs were hard-hit.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
In turn, two state programs that are supposed to cushion employees from the effects of workplace disruption were hard-hit.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Johnson and Jackson counties have been especially hard-hit.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Five of those 12 reached, and even the outs were hard-hit.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard-hit
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“Hard-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-hit. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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