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adjective
- 1. appearing forced or overly controlled: "he was acting in a constrained manner"
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CONSTRAINED definition: 1. forced to do something against your will: 2. Constrained behaviour is forced and unnatural: 3…. Learn more.
to control and limit something: The country's progress was constrained by a leader who refused to look forward. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Limiting and restricting. anti-libertarian. armlock. boundary. box someone out. box someone/something in. cripplingly. crowd. curb. curtailment. keep (herself) to herself idiom. limitation.
Definition of constrain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a. : to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation. Teenagers often feel constrained by rules. an artist constrained by a client's requirements. b. : to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode. 2. : compress. also : to clasp tightly. 3. : to secure by or as if by bonds : confine. constrained to a dungeon.
Definition of constrained adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits: constraint of The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking. constraint on Financial constraints on the company are preventing them from employing new staff.
Something that's constrained is forced, unnatural and not very spontaneous — kind of like a linebacker trying to perform the ballet Swan Lake. Constrained contains the word strained for a reason. Mostly because anyone that's constrained is feeling a fair amount of strain because of it.
Constrained definition: forced, compelled, or obliged. See examples of CONSTRAINED used in a sentence.
The meaning of CONSTRAINT is the act of constraining. How to use constraint in a sentence.
Definition of constraint noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
