1. serving to restrict or limit freedom of action or choice

1. present participle of constrain; forcing or compelling someone to follow a particular course of action
Usage: present participle form

Examples

• The tight budget is constraining our ability to hire new staff.
• She found the dress code constraining and overly formal.
• Financial pressures are constraining the company’s growth plans.
• The constraining rules made it difficult to be creative.
• Legal requirements are constraining how we can market the product.
• He felt the small apartment was constraining after living in a house.
• The constraining schedule left no time for breaks.