restrained
pronunciation
How to pronounce restrained in British English:
UK [rɪˈstreɪnd]
How to pronounce restrained in American English:
US [ rɪˈstreɪnd]
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- Adjective:
- cool and formal in manner
- under restraint
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
- not showy or obtrusive
- free from ostentation or pretension
- prudent
Word Origin
- restrained (adj.)
- "repressed, kept under control," 1570s, past participle adjective from restrain.
Example
- 1. Germany has restrained unemployment with subsidies for part-time workers .
- 2. And entrepreneurship was restrained : there were many fewer start-ups then than in the period after 1980 .
- 3. With the job market in turmoil , consumer spending is expected to remain restrained for most of the year .
- 4. What the architects failed to anticipate was an economic crisis that has restrained industrial activity , and thus reduced the need for allowances .
- 5. The cold war not only provided a neat national grand strategy , the prospect that superpower competition could lead to global nuclear annihilation greatly restrained the inclination for adventurism .