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limited Definition

lim·ited (lim′it id)

adjective

    1. confined within bounds; restricted
    2. circumscribed or narrow in scope or extent
    3. brief; very short a limited time
  2. ☆ 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.
  3. exercising governmental powers under constitutional restrictions; not having absolute power a limited monarch
    1. of or designating a partnership in which the liability of certain of its partners is limited to the amount of their individual investments
    2. Chiefly Brit. designating a company in which the liability of its shareholders is similarly restricted

noun

a limited train, bus, etc.

limited Related Forms
lim′·it·edly adverb lim′·it·ed·ness noun
limited Synonyms

limited

modif.

  1. Restricted

    confined, checked, curbed; see bound 2, bounded, restrained, restricted.

  2. 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 company’s 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.

—James, Henry

Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.

—Burke, Edmund