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UK
/hˈɑːdɪnəs/
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NOUN
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the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
the proposal required great boldness
the plan required great hardiness of heart - the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
How To Use hardiness In A Sentence
- But used with caution, African plants help to provide variety and hardiness in Australian gardens.
- One opposite to courage is cowardice, but another is rashness, foolhardiness.
- Most are bizarre and interesting, but they often lack the hardiness and exotic colors of the coral fishes.
- Although there are other genistas suitable for the rock garden, the species vary in hardiness and habit.
- My father has a streak of heroism in him that I admire, but that verges on foolhardiness.
- The cattalo took the hardiness of the buffalo, and never required artificial food or shelter. The Last of the Plainsmen
- Agropyron intermedium stem-rust resistance leaf-rust resistance stripe-rust resistance streak-mosaic resistance virus resistance leaf pubescence cold hardiness 8 Research Needs
- Traits such as hardiness can be selected for or ignored. Join the Hunt for Super-Rice - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
- The passing away of Basu - India's longest-serving chief minister whose unbroken 23-year-old rule of a Left Front coalition in West Bengal state is a history in itself - is seen as a blow to the communist movement in India, wilting under fragile unity, political "foolhardiness" and lack of pragmatic icons. INTER PRESS SERVICE
- Life is a precious gift from God, and no one has a right to risk his life in a rash foolhardiness, which is very different from the true courage which does not shrink from facing danger if the life of one more helpless than himself is in peril. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation