adversidad

n. adversity, misfortune; setback, obstacle

= adversity, misfortune, tribulation, hardship, ill fate.
Ex: But adversity is fertile ground for innovation, and for this reason librarians should consider adopting from the entrepreneurial model.
Ex: The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.
Ex: The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.
Ex: Ordinarily, one should avoid simultaneous 'exchanges' of personnel between units for training purposes because it is a hardship for any library section to try to train a new person while one of their 'regulars' is gone at the same time.
Ex: The sad fact is that the majority of web pages suffer this same ill fate.
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* ante la adversidad = in the face of + adversity.
* en tiempos de adversidad = in times of + adversity.