difficulty

/ˈdi-fi-(ˌ)kəl-tē/

Middle English difficulte, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French difficulté, borrowed from Latin difficultāt-, difficultās, from difficilis "hard to do, troublesome, intractable" (from dif-, probably assimilated form of dis- dis-facilis "easy, accommodating") + -tāt-, -tās -ty

noun

  1. the quality or state of being hard to do, deal with, or understand : the quality or state of being difficult

  2. controversy, disagreement

  3. objection

underestimated the difficulty of the task

noun

  1. a condition that makes learning difficult