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IN STRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does in straitened circumstances mean?
• IN STRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES (adjective)
The adjective IN STRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES has 1 sense:
1. not having enough money to pay for necessities
Familiarity information: IN STRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IN STRAITENED CIRCUMSTANCES (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having enough money to pay for necessities
Synonyms:
hard up; impecunious; in straitened circumstances; penniless; penurious; pinched
Similar:
poor (having little money or few possessions)
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