not easy

ADJECTIVE

difficult

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambitious arduous burdensome challenging crucial demanding laborious onerous painful problematic severe strenuous tough troublesome

WEAK

backbreaker bothersome difficile easier said than done effortful exacting formidable galling gargantuan hard-won heavy herculean immense intricate irritating labored no picnic operose problem prohibitive rigid stiff titanic toilsome trying unyielding uphill upstream wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy effortless facile helpful nice trivial

WEAK

calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

Example Sentences

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I know that’s not easy to predict, but it does seem like an “out of the frying pan, into the fire” sort of situation.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

It’s not easy, but that’s why it’s there.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

"It's not easy for them," admits Hamid Parvizi, who came to protest against the team.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

“A little foul on the goalkeeper, with so many people around you, it’s not easy to see.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

“It’s not easy to leave someone who’s bad for you, Ingrid. You’re making a hard decision. Will you say anything to Julia and the others?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

not easy

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