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undue hardship

noun

B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The significant difficulty or expense that excuses an employer from providing an otherwise-required accommodation.

Rebuilding the entire loading dock would be undue hardship, so we'll offer a reassignment instead.

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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