constraining

Thân thiện

The tight schedule is constraining our ability to explore the city.

Definition

Adjective: Restricting the scope or freedom of action; imposing limits or restrictions.

Usage

The adjective "constraining" describes something that imposes limits, controls, or restrictions, thereby reducing freedom or flexibility. It is often used to describe rules, factors, conditions, or circumstances that confine or hold something back.

Examples

• The constraining budget meant we couldn't hire additional staff.
• She found the company's dress code to be overly constraining to her personal style.
• The most constraining factor in the project's timeline was the availability of raw materials.

Advanced Usage

• "constraining influence": A person, rule, or force that significantly limits or controls actions or development.
  • The conservative board acted as a constraining influence on the director's innovative proposals.
• "socially constraining": Describes norms, expectations, or pressures from society that limit individual behavior or choices.
  • He felt the socially constraining expectations of his traditional family.

Variants and Related Words

• Constraint (n): A limitation or restriction.
  • Financial constraints forced us to cancel the event.
• Constrain (v): To compel or force someone to follow a course of action, or to severely restrict the scope, extent, or activity of something.
  • The law constrains companies from polluting the river.
• Unconstrained (adj): Not restricted or limited.
  • She gave an unconstrained laugh.

Synonyms

• Restrictive
• Limiting
• Confining
• Restraining

Antonyms

• Liberating
• Permissive
• Unrestricting

Học thuật

Adjective

1. restricting the scope or freedom of action

Từ đồng nghĩa

• confining
• constrictive
• limiting
• restricting