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Limited

adjective

1.

Small in range or scope. "A limited success" , "A limited circle of friends"

2.

Subject to limits or subjected to limits. Synonym: circumscribed.

3.

Including only a part.

4.

Mediocre. Synonym: modified.

5.

Not excessive.

6.

Having a specific function or scope. Synonym: special.

7.

Not unlimited.

noun

1.

Public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops. Synonym: express.

Limit

verb

(past & past part. limited; pres. part. limiting)

1.

Place limits on (extent or access). Synonyms: bound, confine, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel. "Limit the time you can spend with your friends"

2.

Restrict or confine,. Synonyms: circumscribe, confine.

3.

Decide upon or fix definitely. Synonyms: define, determine, fix, set, specify. "Specify the parameters"

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"Limited" Quotes from Famous Books

... and incorporeal; the other, to wit, infinity, is disorderly, unreasonable, and unintelligible, dissolving and confounding itself, because it cannot for its multitude be contained, circumscribed, or limited. But Parmenides has neither taken away fire, nor water, nor precipices, nor yet cities (as Colotes says) which are inhabited as well in Europe as in Asia; since he has both constructed an order of the world, ...

— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch

... which we have never even touched upon. In that case, our ability to understand is necessarily limited. The only thing to do is to acknowledge that we cannot see the point of view, that we have no experience to start from, and to wait with an open mind until we ...

— As a Matter of Course • Annie Payson Call

... limited manner of domestic economy, it took Sybil but ten minutes to make the bed and wash the dishes. And, meanwhile, Lyon Berners made up the fire, and Clement Pendleton brought a pail of ...

— Cruel As The Grave • Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth

... pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; very limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the ...

— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... intended. He was compelled to remain in Alabama to repair that disaster, and he succeeded, for at his death, in 1880, his children inherited more than four hundred thousand dollars each. The incomparable father's devotion had not limited itself to the building up of a large fortune. He had the courage to deprive himself of the presence of the two beings whom he adored, to spare them the humiliation of an American school, and he sent them after ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

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