Vocabulary
Constrained
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
appearing forced or overly controlled.
Urdu meaning
مجبور، پابندی، زبردستی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The country finds itself constrained by a tight budget and heavy debt obligations, leaving it yet again dependent on external aid.
- Pakistan Studies remains constrained as a field by the broader discipline of South Asian Studies, which has firmer disciplinary grounding in history, comparative literature, anthropology, and other social sciences.
- The country`s growth and development prospects are severely constrained by the lack of such investment.
- As defenders, our main aim was to avoid a knock-out punch, which we did despite being militarily and financially constrained thanks mainly to our professionally focused air force.
- These instruments are developed mainly in response to constrained fiscal space and the need to finance the shrinking PSDP and operate as extensions of sovereign debt without direct built-in cost recovery mechanisms.
Synonyms
unnatural, awkward, self-conscious, mannered, artificial, wooden, stilted,
Curator example
“he was acting in a constrained manner”
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