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- DictionaryStrait·ened/ˈstrātnd/
adjective
- 1. characterized by poverty: "they lived in straitened circumstances"
- 2. restricted in range or scope: "their straitened horizons"
STRAITENED meaning: 1. A straitened situation is difficult because there is much less money available to you than there…. Learn more.
Straitened definition: characterized by financial difficulty or limited means. See examples of STRAITENED used in a sentence.
1. To put or bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. 2. Archaic. a. To make narrow. b. To enclose in a limited area; confine. c. To restrict in latitude or scope. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
verb (used with object) to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him. to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc: Poverty straitens one's way of living. Archaic. to make narrow. to confine within narrow limits. straiten. / ˈstreɪtən / verb.
To straiten is to restrict financially, the way having your rent increase can straiten your circumstances if your salary stays the same. The verb straiten is an old-fashioned one, but it's one way to describe a situation that's been diminished or constrained, usually because of money problems.
6 days ago · adjective. formal. affected by financial difficulties or restrictions. There is much talk of cuts in the diplomatic service in these straitened times. the more straitened economic circumstances of the 1990s. His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. Collins English Dictionary.
5 days ago · adjective. formal. affected by financial difficulties or restrictions. There is much talk of cuts in the diplomatic service in these straitened times. the more straitened economic circumstances of the 1990s. His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. Collins English Dictionary.
