If someone is hard-pressed, they are under a great deal of strain and worry, usually because they have not got enough money. The region's hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
If you will be hard-pressed to do something, you will have great difficulty doing it. This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit. having a lot of problems and not enough money or time