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How to pronounce constrictive in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms confining, constraining, limiting, restricting
Type Words
Synonyms constricting, narrowing

Examples of constrictive

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The new tech is also easier to use because the machinery is less constrictive.
From the businessweek.com
Such a player might not function well in a more constrictive college basketball program.
From the signonsandiego.com
Frida's constrictive back braces, some fancifully painted stand on tables near each bed.
From the theatlantic.com
There's also something about Flash that tends to feel relatively constrictive as a user.
From the techcrunch.com
Another thing is that everything that is protective is constrictive.
From the post-gazette.com
I found them snug, especially while cornering, but some people may find them too constrictive.
From the washingtonpost.com
It is not just the lack of constrictive scuba tanks and weights that feels liberating, but the silence.
From the telegraph.co.uk
If these muscles become tight and constrictive they compress the sciatic nerve, which then causes the pain.
From the yallsjoynt.com
Family-planning regulations are increasingly constrictive.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Constricting: (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
  • Confining: restricting the scope or freedom of action
  • Constrictivity is a dimensionless parameter used to describe transport processes (often molecular diffusion) in porous media.