Usually means: Limited resources causing financial hardship.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word straitened:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. straitened: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. straitened: Merriam-Webster
  3. straitened: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. straitened: Collins English Dictionary
  5. straitened: Vocabulary.com
  6. straitened: Wordnik
  7. straitened: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. straitened: Wiktionary
  9. straitened: Dictionary.com
  10. Straitened: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. straitened: Rhymezone
  12. Straitened: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. straitened: FreeDictionary.org
  14. straitened: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straitened: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Squeezed or confined.

Similar:
constricted, strict, pinched, confined, constrained, strait, close, crampt, constringent, packed like sardines, more...

Opposite:
affluent, wealthy, prosperous, flush, flush with

Types:
impoverished, indigent, destitute, penurious, pauperized, more...

Phrases:
straitened circumstances, in straitened circumstances, more...

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Similar:
constricted, strict, pinched, confined, constrained, strait, close, crampt, constringent, packed like sardines, more...

Opposite:
affluent, wealthy, prosperous, flush, flush with

Types:
impoverished, indigent, destitute, penurious, pauperized, more...

Phrases:
straitened circumstances, in straitened circumstances, more...



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