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US
/ˈɫɪmətəd, ˈɫɪmɪtɪd/
]
[ UK /lˈɪmɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪmɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- mediocre
- not excessive
- including only a part
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not unlimited
a limited list of choices -
having a specific function or scope
a special (or specific) role in the mission - subject to limits or subjected to limits
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small in range or scope
limited war
a limited success
a limited circle of friends
NOUN
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public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
he caught the express to New York
How To Use limited In A Sentence
- The unit can connect to any video source that has composite video and stereo audio RCA jacks, though the encoded audio is limited to mono.
- As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
- The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
- This can entail harming companies that would be as efficient and as effective as Google is in these areas but for their limited access to consumers, creating a clear violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, of American law on monopolization, and on European competition law. Eric K. Clemons: One Click Away? Maybe and Maybe Not
- In a field where biological material is limited, experimental cytogenetic techniques often require only a few cells.
- Otherwise you'll just have to pump as much as you can into the scheme through voluntary contributions, although scope here is limited as you are restricted to a maximum of 15% of your annual salary.
- As for the problem…one wonders if the africanized honeybee is having similar problems or if it is limited to the “domesticated” variety. Bees still alive and buzzing | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
- The use of steam-driven bellows in blast furnaces helped ironmakers switch over from charcoal (limited in quantity) to coke, which is made from coal, in the smelting of pig iron.
- I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein
- Perhaps such abbreviations of thought are inevitable in the limited space available for text on a display label.