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tough job

ADJECTIVE
laborious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arduous backbreaking burdensome onerous strenuous tiresome
WEAK
effortful fatiguing forced heavy herculean labored operose ponderous rough go stiff strained toilsome tough wearing wearisome wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
easy facile
WEAK
effortless idle lackadaisical lazy reticent simple trivial

Example Sentences

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It is a tough job market for young college graduates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The decline in confidence is amplified by the tough job market for recent graduates and uncertainty about the role of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Fiddelke has a tough job ahead of him.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Josh D’Amaro has a tough job ahead of him.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Several writers had provided stories for the ambitious outline, and William Faulkner had the tough job of smoothing out its clunky transitions and pulling the whole thing together.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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