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Definition of
straitened adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
straitened
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈstreɪtnd
/
/
[
only before noun
]
(
formal
)
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without enough money or as much money as there was before
The family of eight was living
in straitened circumstances
.
See
straitened
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strainer
noun
strait
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