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straitened ADJ

straitened
مَحْصُور
straitened
مُقَيَّد
straitened
مَحْجُوز
straitened
مَحْدُود

straitened

straitened
ضَيّق
straitened
ضِدّ واسِع
straitened
حَرِج

be straitened VB

be straitened
اِنْحَصَرَ
be straitened
تَضَيّقَ
be straitened
ضُيّقَ
be straitened
حَرِجَ
be straitened
ضاقَ
be straitened
ضِدّ اِتّسَعَ
be straitened
ضَنُكَ العَيْشُ إلخ

straitened circumstances

straiten VB

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in straitened circumstances

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Born into a family with a strong commitment to alleviating poverty, she herself grew up in straitened circumstances owing to the financial failure of her father.
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But the room, though by no means small, feels a little too straitened to take in the immensity of it all.
www.independent.co.uk
He didn't attain much glory and lived in straitened circumstances.
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With record sales collapsing, and labels suffering straitened finances, the old ways of doing things are coming to an end.
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The revival of bespoke bicycles in the past couple of years has come hand-in-hand with some very straitened economic times.
www.bbc.co.uk
Product development, halted by the company's straitened circumstances, was restarted in 2010.
www.stuff.co.nz
The bishop died in 1699, leaving nothing to his son, and accordingly, on the death of the latter in 1708, his widow was in straitened circumstances.
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Swift's intervention comes as a straitened moment for music.
www.independent.ie
It's all very lo-tech and, importantly in these straitened economic times, low-budget.
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Prolonged illness brought on straitened circumstances.
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