hard-hit

adversely affected; struck by disaster.

Words nearby hard-hit

Kaufman rode her Vespa to hard-hit parts of New Jersey to help clean houses and deliver food, but she was still restless.

For Sandy Victims, This Could Be the Coldest Thanksgiving Ever |Eliza Shapiro |November 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Many professors have been protected by tenure, even at hard-hit public institutions.

Despite the Great Recession, Obama’s New Coalition of Elites Has Thrived |Joel Kotkin |November 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Mothers are hard-hit by the economy, yet work valiantly and willingly to sustain families, says Leslie Bennetts.

American Moms: Unsung Heroes of a Bad Economy |Leslie Bennetts |December 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
For a moment, Robert's hard-hit passing shot seemed to have scored.

Manners of the Age |Horace Brown Fyfe

The big man was weary, hard-hit financially, and definitely older.

Plowing On Sunday |Sterling North
He dashes at top speed for the only point where his hands may intercept that hard-hit ball.

The Hill |Horace Annesley Vachell
A terrible drama was being enacted on the hard-hit sinking ship.

The Adventures of the U-202 |E. Spiegel
Two of its reporters were mobbed in the hard-hit ward, the day after the publication of the first article.

The Clarion |Samuel Hopkins Adams

hard-hit

seriously affected or hurt hard-hit by taxation