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[ adjective ] small in range or scope
Examples "limited war" "a limited success" "a limited circle of friends" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)The volume of ADC cases will decrease , Martin reported , when the community is able to deal effectively with two problems : Relatively limited skills and discrimination in employment because of color . (Mr. America, 4:6...)Because they are `` minority '' exercises and have but a limited appeal they soon find themselves in the limbo of the forgotten . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Good taste and versatility , plus safety from spray poisons would be enough to recommend the frequent use of such a fruit , even if its nutritional values were limited . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)( Babin has acquired some of Schnabel 's keyboard manner , but his playing is of limited insight . ) (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Mr._A. , her fellow townsman , also experienced a nervous_breakdown just as_soon_as he discovered that he had been bilked of his life savings by the limited practitioner who had been treating his wife - a woman suffering from an incurable disease , multiple_sclerosis - and himself . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] including only a part
Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)The historian can only point_out those lines which were major enough to find reflection in our limited evidence , and must hope that future excavations will enrich our understanding . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] subject to limits or subjected to limits
Synonyms Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)The remainder of the cast fulfilled its assignments no more_than satisfactorily just as the old production and limited stage_direction proved only serviceable . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Had More 's writings been wholly limited to such exercises , they would be almost as dimly remembered as those of a dozen or_so other authors living in his time , whose works tenuously survive in the minds of the few hundred scholars who each decade in pursuit of their very specialized occasions read those works . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not excessive
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