Difficult meaning in English

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Definition

difficult: not easy, hard, complicated; inconvenient adjective
a difficulty: a problem; when something is not easy to do or understand noun

Examples

  • "Horatio is a very difficult character."
  • "Harold : Well, this is a little difficult for me to admit, Bruno."
  • "Becky : That's rather difficult for me to say."
  • "Bruno : Tonight is going to be difficult."
  • "Enriqué : You were saying that Americans don't have difficulties concentrating."
  • "Joe : It's a little difficult to do that if you won't let me in."
  • "I've settled some of my more difficult business disputes in there."
  • "He seems like a solid worker - the kind of guy you can depend on, and he's always free to help you with problems. However, he's sometimes a bit difficult to understand, especially when he's talking about technical issues."
  • "These situations are difficult enough to deal with at the best of times: but you have jet lag and haven't slept for 39 hours."
  • "Luna : Oh that's difficult, there's no such thing as the "average" Delavigne employee."
  • "I didn't know that Warbuckle's Department Stores was in such difficulty."
  • "These last few months have been very difficult for me."
  • "Thank you for coming on such short notice, during these difficult circumstances."
  • "I've got Luna's interview questions, but, my goodness, her handwriting is very difficult to read."
  • "Bruno : I will now divide you into two teams. Each team will have a diabolically difficult task."
  • "She's having some difficulty with US customs. Apparently her strong British accent caused customs officials to believe that she was a terrorist."
  • "Well, that's difficult."
  • "I understand that it is always difficult when employees leave the Delavigne family, however a bit of foresight would have been helpful in avoiding this situation, which, from a business perspective, makes no sense whatsoever."
  • "Young Icarus : Buh, I'm so sorry Mr. Romanonovitch, but it's just that the non-negative variables you suggested for use of X and X squared were a bit more difficult to manipulate than I expected!"

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