backbreaking
/ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ/
adjective
- Requiring great physical effort and causing exhaustion; very hard work.
- Harvesting the crops by hand is backbreaking labor under the hot sun.
- Digging a trench through rocky soil is backbreaking work.
- She quit her backbreaking job at the warehouse to find something less demanding.
- Extremely difficult or demanding in a non-physical sense, such as mentally or emotionally.
- The backbreaking schedule of back-to-back meetings left everyone drained.
- Running a small business can be backbreaking, especially in the first few years.
- Studying for the bar exam was backbreaking, but she passed on her first try.
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