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constrained
[ kuhn-streynd ]
adjective
- forced, compelled, or obliged:
a constrained confession.
- stiff or unnatural; uneasy or embarrassed:
a constrained manner.
constrained
/ kənˈstreɪnɪdlɪ; kənˈstreɪnd /
adjective
- embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
a constrained smile
Derived Forms
- constrainedly, adverb
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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of constrained1
Example Sentences
Whereas the citizen is constrained by the desires, beliefs, and choices of their fellow citizens, the businessman wields unilateral power within his domain.
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.
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".
On Monday, Sir Keir wrote to civil servants to promise reforms that would unshackle them from bureaucracy and stop their talent being "constrained".
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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