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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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"But nobody's doing it on purpose. It's a tough job to be a groundsman."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

But for the past several years, Ray has covered the tough job market that students have faced.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"Who's the most likely to build a one-person company? Probably young people who face a tough job market," Xiao says.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Fiddelke has a tough job ahead of him.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

I hadn’t gone far before I realized that I had undertaken a tough job.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls