Limited | Definition of limited by Merriam-Webster

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1

a : confined within limits : restricted <limited success>

b of a train : offering faster service especially by making a limited number of stops

2

: characterized by enforceable limitations prescribed (as by a constitution) upon the scope or exercise of powers <a limited monarchy>

3

: lacking breadth and originality <a bit limited; a bit thick in the head — Virginia Woolf>

— lim·it·ed·ly adverb

— lim·it·ed·ness noun

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Synonyms: bounded, circumscribed, defined, definite, determinate, finite, measured, narrow, restricted

Antonyms: boundless, dimensionless, endless, illimitable, immeasurable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, undefined, unlimited, unmeasured

: small in number <Picnic areas are limited.>

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