constrained

Definitions

Restricted or limited in scope, extent, or activity.

Appearing forced, unnatural, or inhibited in manner.

Examples

The company's growth was constrained by a lack of available funding.

He felt constrained by the strict rules of the formal dinner party.

The artist's creativity was not constrained by the limited materials at her disposal.

Synonyms

restricted limited confined restrained curbed hampered inhibited

Antonyms

unrestricted free unlimited liberated open unrestrained loose