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difficult to catch

ADJECTIVE

elusive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous fleeting illusory incomprehensible puzzling slippery subtle tricky volatile

WEAK

baffling cagey deceitful deceptive elusory equivocal evanescent fallacious fraudulent fugacious fugitive greasy imponderable indefinable insubstantial intangible misleading occult phantom shifty shy stonewalling transient transitory unspecific

Antonyms

STRONGEST

definite honest intelligible stable understandable

WEAK

attracting confronting encountering enticing facing inviting

Example Sentences

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“We still have February and March, but each dry week we have will make it more difficult to catch up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Higher unemployment is particularly scarring for young workers since they miss out on gaining skills and experience at a crucial time of their professional lives, making it more difficult to catch up later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

But the change will be difficult to catch with the naked eye, so he encourages using binoculars or a telescope, and taking note of how the moon’s brightness changes through the night.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Though pythons are protected by state anti-cruelty laws, it’s difficult to catch perpetrators.

From National Geographic • Dec. 11, 2023

It was very difficult to catch rides in the Yukon Territory.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

difficult to catch

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