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constrained

[ kuhn-streynd ]

adjective

  1. forced, compelled, or obliged:

    a constrained confession.

  2. stiff or unnatural; uneasy or embarrassed:

    a constrained manner.



constrained

/ kənˈstreɪnɪdlɪ; kənˈstreɪnd /

adjective

  1. embarrassed, unnatural, or forced

    a constrained smile

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Derived Forms

  • constrainedly, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç²Ô·²õ³Ù°ù²¹¾±²Ô·±ð»å·±ô²â [k, uh, n-, strey, -nid-lee], adverb
  • ³Ü²Ôc´Ç²Ô·²õ³Ù°ù²¹¾±²Ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of constrained1

First recorded in 1565–75; constrain + -ed 2
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Whereas the citizen is constrained by the desires, beliefs, and choices of their fellow citizens, the businessman wields unilateral power within his domain.

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Reeves has committed against raising taxes or government budgets in her Spring Statement, due to be handed down next week - constrained by strict spending rules she set within the October Budget.

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The Welsh Local Government Association said while Wales' 22 councils took their responsibility to check sites "seriously", progress was "increasingly constrained by a lack of dedicated funding and specialist resources".

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On Monday, Sir Keir wrote to civil servants to promise reforms that would unshackle them from bureaucracy and stop their talent being "constrained".

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As Will Oremus of the Washington Post reports, while her vision of who counts as a victim is highly constrained, the bill's scope is not.

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