limited
limited
Definition
lim·ited (lim′it id)
adjective
- confined within bounds; restricted
- circumscribed or narrow in scope or extent
- brief; very short a limited time
- ☆ accommodating a restricted number of passengers, making fewer stops than on the regular runs, and often charging extra fare: said of a train, bus, etc.
- exercising governmental powers under constitutional restrictions; not having absolute power a limited monarch
- of or designating a partnership in which the liability of certain of its partners is limited to the amount of their individual investments
- Chiefly Brit. designating a company in which the liability of its shareholders is similarly restricted
noun
a limited train, bus, etc.
lim′·it·edly adverb
lim′·it·ed·ness noun
limited
Synonyms
limited
modif.
Restricted
confined, checked, curbed; see bound 2, bounded, restrained, restricted.Having only moderate capacity
cramped, insufficient, short; see faulty, inadequate 1, poor 2, unsatisfactory.
limited Finance Definition
A
term that is used in the United Kingdom to designate a private company whose
owners have limited liability. The abbreviation Ltd.
is placed after a companys name to identify it as limited.
limited
Usage Examples
Preposition: at
- moment: The ability to predict human or environmental toxicity without recourse to animal or tissue experiments seems very limited at the moment.
Modifying Another Word
- strictly: The study is not strictly limited to county boundaries.
- severely: Scope for flexibility or using the money in different ways is severely limited.
- extremely: Like I said, this is a small label with an extremely limited scope.
- very: Most people in the group are on a very limited income.
- somewhat: I have to admit, my knowledge of Norway is somewhat limited beyond it tasting of blue Slush Puppy.
- relatively: In Britain, nearly all resources for healthcare are collected through general taxation which provide relatively limited choice for patients.
Preposition: by
- guarantee: Charity Companies are Companies Limited by Guarantee, set up with charitable aims.
Modifies a noun
- edition: I'm looking for more slogans for my limited edition Steve Allen Tour badges.
- partnership: A limited partnership must have its principal place of business in Gibraltar.
- company: Forming a limited company with us could not be easier.
- number: There are a limited number of standard rooms, which have an enclosed bathroom with a hot water shower.
- liability: In many cases our limited liability will not cover the value of your consignment in the event of loss or damage.
- amount: There was a limited amount of training undertaken using school loan boxes.
Used with adjective complement
- remain: RAE panels will of necessity remain limited in size.
- seem: The ability to predict human or environmental toxicity without recourse to animal or tissue experiments seems very limited at the moment.
- become: And in summer the surface waters can be too warm so the sections of water in which it can survive have become severely limited.
- provide: Although it is still in beta, MorphOS provides limited AmigaOS emulation through a virtual emulation and limited hardware access.
- see: I rejected them firstly due to what I saw as limited take up and then secondly because of the sales pitch.
- include: The modest technical demands include limited shifting for the string players and the maintaining of a constant tempo tho various changes of meter.
limited Quotes
Experience isnever limited, and it isnever complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching everyair-borne particle in its tissue.
Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.
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