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constrained

adjective as in forced

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The issue is what the uniform represents, and the poorly constrained rage within the man wearing it that it gives agency to seep out.

From Salon

It is an argument that quite a few Labour MPs make, mostly in private: that this government has allowed itself to become too constrained by Treasury orthodoxy.

From BBC

Burnham said: "I believe it's right to go all the way and have a deputy leader that is not in the government and thus less constrained by collective responsibility."

From BBC

They include an innovative fuel system in a ship whose dimensions were constrained by small harbours, Covid, Brexit, management changes and poor decisions which left "legacy challenges throughout the whole build cycle".

From BBC

Meanwhile, Algeria's ambassador Amar Bendjama said the Security Council remained "constrained" as it was "unable even to name the aggressor, to qualify aggression as a violation of international law".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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