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adjective
- 1. characterized by poverty: "they lived in straitened circumstances"
- 2. restricted in range or scope: "their straitened horizons"
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Straitened means having less money or resources than before, especially in a difficult situation. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Straitened definition: characterized by financial difficulty or limited means. See examples of STRAITENED used in a sentence.
Straitened means having less money or resources than before, especially in a difficult situation. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find translations in different languages.
Learn the meaning of 'straitened' as an adjective for someone who is living in financial difficulties or restrictions. See examples of usage, synonyms, pronunciation and related terms.
Straitened means without enough money or as much money as there was before. It is a formal adjective that can be used only before a noun. See examples, pronunciation and synonyms.
Straitened means affected by financial difficulties or restrictions. It is an archaic word that can also mean to make narrow or confine. See translations, pronunciation and examples of straitened.
Straiten is a verb that means to make strait or narrow, or to confine or restrict in some way. It can also mean to subject to distress or deficiency in straitened circumstances.
Straitened means living in difficult financial circumstances, with little money to spend. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences, and see synonyms and translations in other languages.
Straitened means living in difficult financial circumstances, especially with less money than before. Learn more about the origin, usage and synonyms of straitened from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
/ˈstreɪtn/ IPA guide. Other forms: straitened; straitening; straitens. To straiten is to restrict financially, the way having your rent increase can straiten your circumstances if your salary stays the same.
