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Meaning of straitened circumstances

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

straitened

verb

Definitions

  1. To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.

    Example: The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.

  2. To restrict or diminish, especially financially.

    Example: Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Squeezed or confined