Vocabulary
Constraint
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a limitation or restriction.
Urdu meaning
رکاوٹ، زبردستی،مجبوری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Human capital formation & skilled labour force: A major constraint on productivity growth is the shortage of skilled workers.
- A hard budget constraint on provincial finances, which many envision under a revised NFC, would place limits on the space for party politics in its current form.
- In a context marked by deepening fiscal constraint, wealth taxes offer a potential solution, as they have done in many other countries.
- NDCs submitted by developing countries commonly refer to finance as a constraint.
- GCF documents have explicitly mentioned absorption capacity as a constraint on scaling upclimate finance in Pakistan.
Synonyms
restriction, limitation, curb, check, restraint, control, curtailment, damper, rein
Curator example
“time constraints make it impossible to do everything”
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