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Definition of straitened adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

straitened

adjective
 
/ˈstreɪtnd/
 
/ˈstreɪtnd/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. without enough money or as much money as there was before
    • The family of eight was living in straitened circumstances.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryStraitened is used with these nouns:
    • circumstance
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brink
noun
 
 
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