confined

[ kuhn-fahynd ]

/ kənˈfaɪnd /

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adjective

limited or restricted.

unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.

being in childbirth; being in parturition.

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Origin of confined

confine + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM confined

con·fin·ed·ly

[kuhn-fahy-nid-lee, -fahynd-lee], /kənˈfaɪ nɪd li, -ˈfaɪnd li/, adverbcon·fin·ed·ness, nounnon·con·fined, adjectivepre·con·fin·ed·ly, adverb

un·con·fined, adjective

Words nearby confined

configurate, configuration, configurationism, configure, confine, confined, confinee, confinement, confirm, confirmand, confirmation

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How to use confined in a sentence

A yearlong legislative effort to end decades of controversial practices that often left confined children crying for their parents and tearing at the walls ended without a vote in the Illinois House on Wednesday as the legislative session expired.
Bill Banning Locked Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Stalls as Lawmakers Run Out of Time|by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica|January 14, 2021|ProPublica
Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The series also reversed a long trend that saw the character paralyzed by the Joker and confined to a wheelchair for a decade.
Gail Simone’s Bisexual Catman and the ‘Secret Six’|Rich Goldstein|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Originally it was a low-level insurgency mainly confined to the Sinai Peninsula .
ISIS Wannabes Claim They Killed an American in Egypt|Jamie Dettmer|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You can clink your wine glass and deliver an impassioned speech about conquering the demons that kept you confined in the closet.
How to Make It Through Thanksgiving Alive|Lizzie Crocker|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Former Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair.
Why 2016’s Hopefuls Are Hopeless|P. J. O’Rourke|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He passed the latter part of his life in poverty, and towards the close of it, was confined in a madhouse.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
In these rooms male and female alike were confined, at one time to the number of fifteen; each being allowed 3d.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
His works were numerous, and some of them political, for which he was confined in the bastile nine years.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It is painful to add, that the latter years of his life were passed in prison, where he was confined for debt.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It was principally confined to the lower classes, and was common among soldiers and sailors.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

British Dictionary definitions for confined

confined

/ (kənˈfaɪnd) /

adjective

enclosed or restricted; limited

in childbed; undergoing childbirth

Derived forms of confined

confinedly (kənˈfaɪnɪdlɪ), adverbconfinedness, noun

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