limitedadj.n.
/ˈlɪmᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈlɪmᵻdᵻd/ A. adj.† 1. Esp. of a date, a period of time, etc.: appointed, fixed. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > arranged
besteda1350
tailyedc1485
prefixc1500
limited1517
pointed1523
prefixed?c1525
directed1727
pre-arranged1830
1517 R. Fox tr. St. Benedict Rule xliii. sig. E.vi We woll that none presume to take mete and drynke byfore and after the houre limitted [L. ante statutam horam vel postea].
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. D[vi.]v He..hiereth some of them for meate and drynke, and a certeyne limityd wayges by the daye.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1530/2 That euery man..shoulde pay the whole subsidie..out of hande, not tarying till the dayes of payment limitted.
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. i. 127 They did somewhat exceede the time limited.
1756 C. Powys Diary in Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 4 As they all behaved well, and had lived there much longer than the limited term, this was constantly their old master's New Year gift.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 695 On his failure to pay within the time limited, the sale resolves, and the property..returns to the seller.
2.
a. Circumscribed within definite limits, bounded, restricted. Of circumstances: narrow. Also in weakened sense: small, slight, low (in number or extent).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount
narrowOE
poor?c1225
scarce1297
straitc1386
feeblea1513
scant1556
niggardly1564
slender1564
limited1590
scanted1594
sparing1602
scantled1604
stinted1629
exiguous1630
unlavished1635
scanty1658
unprofuse1727
costivea1734
incopious1734
niggard1751
jimp1768
skimped1839
stingy1854
restricted1856
niggard-measured1881
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > curtailed
abridgeda1382
docked1408
defalcate1531
decurted?1550
curtailed1561
limited1590
minced1609
clipped1788
razeed1821
shorn1853
restricted1856
curtate1875
fine-cut1894
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective]
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
strait-laced1549
scant1556
circumcised1561
contract1561
restrained1578
determinate1586
limited1590
restrict1597
strict1597
confined1605
determineda1616
limitary1620
prescript1645
modificated1646
circumscribed1647
conscribed1654
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
straiteneda1665
unabsolute1694
stinted1710
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
special1815
municipal1856
fine-cut1894
stingy1927
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
scant1556
contract1561
limited1590
confined1605
limitary1620
prescript1645
modificated1646
circumscribed1647
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
unabsolute1694
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
crimped1828
stingy1927
1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 32 In ministring of purgatiue medicines there must be called to remembraunce whether nature haue ready strength..to performe a limited dutie in purgation or no.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Judgem. ii. xlvi. 458 This neither ought nor can be done..without ouerpassing the bounds of his limited power.
1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem 259 The knowledge of angels is limited.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xix. 98 That King whose power is limited, is not superiour to him, or them that have the power to limit it.
1674 Earl of Essex Let. 14 Nov. in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. clxxx. 265 I cannot imagine what it is makes men in England believe ye Govermt of Ireland to be for a Limited Time of Three Years.
1720 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 522 The treatise I sent you of the Unlawfulness of Limited Episcopacy is answered.
1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 204 The vulgar inhabitants of Pandæmonium being incorporeal spirits, are at large..in a limited space.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 273 I thank your Highness,..for your cautious and limited testimony in my behalf.
1833 J. M. Mylne & B. Keen Rep. Cases Chancery II. 244 His co-executor..was in narrow and limited circumstances.
1842 Tasmanian Jrnl. 1 151 In the dense myrtle forests of the Colony, the number of food-plants is very limited.
1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks I. iii. 42 Paying her way from month to month as widows with limited incomes should do.
1872 R. G. McClellan Golden State 331 So far the cultivation of prunes has been very limited.
1906 S. Hamilton Recitation iii. vi. 351 A limited vocabulary means, to some extent, a limited range of thought and a limited power of expression.
1948 G. D. H. Bell Cultivated Plants Farm xiii. 118 The only native species which has achieved any importance, and this is very limited, is the Black Medick.
1967 Changing Times July 15/2 A young man trying to stretch a limited income to buy maximum protection for his family does better by buying a heavier proportion of term.
1990 World Press Rev. Dec. 38/2 And even computer ‘hackers’..present only a relatively limited danger, according to the statistics.
2011 Trailfinder Spring 26/1 Limited Offer. Stay 7 nights & only pay for 6.
b. spec. Of a person: that has restricted powers, abilities, or talents; incapable of attaining the highest level of skill or achievement; having only modest accomplishments, ambitions, or potential.
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1738 tr. M. Huber Lett. conc. Relig. iv. 27 This Comparison which they have made between a weak, limited Man, and the self-sufficient Being, has occasioned their Mistake.
1782 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 III. 188 What then, shall poor, finite, limited man, incumbered with passions and prejudices, presume [etc.].
1867 Beadle's Monthly Mar. 224/2 The limitation of a limited man is most terribly limited.
1890 H. Frederic Lawton Girl iii. 26 The mother had impressed him as an amiable and somewhat limited woman, without much force of character.
1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 114 He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; yes; but a thorough good sort.
1964 Sunday Express & News (San Antonio, Texas) 14 June 17/3 I'm a limited fellow. I have no desire at all to play Hamlet.
2005 J. Flanagan Icebound Land (2007) xxxvi. 246 He was a rather limited, rather boring man.
3. Designating a limited company (see limited company n. at Compounds). Usually the last word in the company name.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [adjective] > limited liability
limited1855
Ltd.1900
1855 Act 18 & 19 Victoria c. 133 §1 The Word ‘Limited’ shall be the last Word of the Name of the Company.
1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 107 The Nevada Land and Mining Company, (limited).
1936 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Sept. 1212/1 Kellogg's Rice Krispies... A food made of rice, for human consumption. Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited.
1991 C. Anderson Grain vii. 65 The largest private company, the Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited, owned by comparison over 363 licensed elevators.
2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 20/1 (advt.) Direct Line Life Insurance Company Limited is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority.
B. n.
1. Business.
a. = limited company n. at Compounds.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > with limited liability
société anonyme1835
limited company1856
limited1858
plc1973
1858 Law Times 23 Jan. 250/2 The West Ham Distillery Company is another of the limiteds that has come to grief.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 20 Nov. 8/1 Company floaters have gone very fast indeed, some limiteds, it is said, not having sufficient capital.
2008 J. A. McCahery & E. P. M. Vermeulen Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies (2010) iii. 76 The data on limiteds in Germany,..only include German limiteds that exclusively carry out business in Germany.
b. = limited partner n. at Compounds.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > partner > types of partner
sleeping partner1785
latent partner1791
principal1806
special partner1811
silent partner1818
limited partner1824
sleeper1901
limited1953
1953 W. J. Casey & J. K. Lasser Tax Shelter for Family viii. 65 Avoid forcing investments by limiteds to be left in the business for a long term of years.
1969 Business Lawyer 24 834 The number of limiteds depended on the money needs of the particular project.
1987 Inc. (Nexis) Apr. 32 The limiteds reluctantly agreed to lend the company more money.
2006 S. Mnookin Feeding Monster xii. 124 The limiteds had long since moved on from their decision about which group to award the team to.
2. Railways (chiefly U.S.). An express train having a small number of cars, making few stops, and often offering superior service or accommodations. Frequently in the names of trains. Cf. limited express n. at Compounds.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > express or non-stop
express train1841
lightning express1844
express1848
limited express1860
rapide1868
limited1869
night express1877
non-stop1909
limited train1913
Blue Train1922
rapido1939
1869 J. Irving Ann. of our Time 432/1 The fireman of the ‘limited’ was the only person who lost his life or was seriously injured in that train.
1888 St. Paul, Minnesota City Dir. 184 (advt.) The ‘Limited’ runs daily, and consumes only five hours between the Twin Cities and Duluth, making but three stops en route.
1904 N.Y. Evening Post 6 May 2 The Sunset Limited of the Southern Pacific encountered a severe hailstorm.
1938 S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock iv. 295 ‘Jerry Pye!’ she said, ‘I don't know what's come over you. You never take me on any limiteds!’
1954 R. Ellison Let. 8 Feb. in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves (2000) 70 The Crescent Limited with roomette (there being no berths on this train).
1984 M. Campbell in L. Wevers N.Z. Short Stories 4th Ser. 12 I knew I should have come up on the Limited, but damn it if I didn't think I'd save money.
2003 C. Sanders Limiteds, Locals, & Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971 i. 9 The all-Pullman limiteds that were popular in the 1920s required elaborate servicing facilities.
Compounds
limited-access adj. originally and chiefly U.S. designating a road, motorway, etc., which vehicles can join or leave at a limited number of places.
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1942 H. R. De Silva Why we have Automobile Accidents xii. 264 At large cities limited-access belt lines will be provided and all small communities will be bypassed not entered.
1974 Times 2 May 17/4 A limited-access motorway which will circle Madrid.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 17 July i. 9/4 Too many highway interchanges connecting with local streets defeats the purpose of offering drivers a limited-access high-speed road.
limited audit n. Accounting an audit of restricted scope, typically one limited to particular accounts or covering a short period of time.
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1861 Rep. Commissioners Control & Managem. Naval Yards 406/2 The Audit, such as I introduced it in the Act of 1831, is a limited Audit, a departmental Audit of the current expenditure.
1964 Business Lawyer 20 85 If you combine a limited audit and a half-baked internal control, a fraud-doer does not have to be smart at all, to be able to walk off with the company's funds.
1995 M. London Achieving Performance Excellence Univ. Adm. vi. 121 Instead of conducting a small number of exhaustive reviews, the office should conduct a large number of limited audits.
limited company n. = limited liability company n.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > with limited liability
société anonyme1835
limited company1856
limited1858
plc1973
1856 Act 19 & 20 Vict. c. 47 i. {sect} 5 in Statutes of United Kingdom 170 In the Case of a Company formed with Limited Liability, and herein-after called a Limited Company, the word ‘Limited’ shall be the last Word in the Name of the Company.
1976 D. Francis In Frame ii. 35 It's illegal for a limited company to carry on trading if it can't cover its costs.
2001 Pure Aug. 55/1 Life insurance companies are generally established either as limited companies or as mutuals.
limited express n. an express train consisting of a small number of cars and making few stops; cf. limited mail n.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > express or non-stop
express train1841
lightning express1844
express1848
limited express1860
rapide1868
limited1869
night express1877
non-stop1909
limited train1913
Blue Train1922
rapido1939
1860 Preston Chron. & Lancs. Advertiser 17 Nov. 5/5 The limited express, which left Glasgow at six o'clock on Thursday night,..ran into a 25-truck cattle train.
1904 Dial (Chicago) 16 Oct. 238 It is not a book for the limited express.
2012 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 8 May (News section) 12 Services like the Brisbane limited express were axed.
limited government n. government exercised under limitations of power prescribed by a constitution.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [noun] > constitutional system
limited government1598
constitutionalism1832
1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 119 Gyuing Princes no more leaue to be Aduocates thereof than ye make the Turke or Souldan, saying this theyr so limitted gouernement is common as well to both Heathen as Christian.]
1598 King James VI & I True Law Free Monarchies sig. D2 As the dukes of Venice are, whose Aristocratick, and limited gouernment is nothing like to free Monarchies.
1736 S. Chandler Hist. Persecution Introd. 5 The blessings of a limited government.
1891 Polit. Sci. Q. 6 340 The influence of continuous foreign war, however, always has been and always must be fatal to..any system of limited government.
1994 Amer. Spectator Aug. 52/2 If the Republican Party doesn't stand for individual freedom and limited government, I don't know what it stands for.
limited liability n. Law liability that is limited by law; esp. the position or state of being legally responsible only to a limited extent (usually the amount of one's stock or shares) for the debts of a trading company in which one has invested.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > limited liability
limited liability1848
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > limited liability for debts
limited liability1848
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. ix. §6 461 Associations with limited liability are of two kinds: in one, the liability of all partners is limited, in the other that of some of them only.
1897 Times 15 Feb. 9/3 This does not give her [sc. Greece] a right to assume that she can make war with limited liability.
1937 Virginia Law Rev. 23 365 In a particular case such relimiting of limited liability by the double corporate device is to be permitted.
2011 Independent 27 Oct. 19/1 Their upside payoffs remained unlimited, but their downside risks were now capped by limited liability.
limited liability company n. (also limited liability firm) a company whose members' liability for its debts is legally limited to the extent of their investment. Now usually limited company.Limited liability companies were established in the United Kingdom by the Limited Liability Act of 1855, allowing limited liability to companies of more than 25 members (shareholders).
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1855 Law Times Rep. 11 Aug. 221/2 According to the Bill as sent to the Lords, the directors of a limited liability company have no responsibility beyond the amount of their 10l. share.
1890 Rev. of Reviews 2 541/1 Barings were as good as the Bank once. Now they are only a limited liability firm.
1944 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Social Hist. xviii. 572 Many an old family firm was replaced by a Limited Liability Company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers.
2011 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. (Late ed.) b2/2 One such company..was about to become a traditional limited liability company, or L.L.C.
limited mail n. now historical and rare. a mail train in which only a limited number of passengers is conveyed.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > train carrying mail > carrying mail and limited number of passengers
limited mail1859
limited train1879
1859 Caledonian Mercury 17 Oct. 3/1 The limited mail arrived at Stirling at the usual hour.
1907 Railway Mag. May 345/1 The Belfast coach was shunted to a remote siding, to await the arrival of the Limited Mail from Dublin.
2008 B. Jenkins Fenian Probl. iv. 110 The arrest of an Irishman for attempting to derail the limited mail.
limited monarch n. a monarch who exercises his or her functions under conditions prescribed by the constitution; a constitutional monarch.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun] > constitutional
limited monarch1642
1642 H. Parker App. to Late Answer printed by His Majesties Command 4 Our Soveraigne is a free (though in some things a limited) Monarch.
1789 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 72 The King of France must soon be one of the most limited monarchs in Europe.
1910 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 4 355 On the one hand we have an autocratic power, that of the Russian monarch, legally not limited; on the other, a constitutional or limited monarch, the grand duke.
2007 D. A. Bell First Total War iii. 110 In September, Louis duly took up his new role as a limited monarch under the new constitution.
limited monarchy n. a monarchy in which the functions of the monarch are exercised under conditions prescribed by the constitution; a constitutional monarchy.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > monarchical government > [noun] > types of
limited monarchy1643
personal government1849
society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > a monarchical state > type of
absolute monarchy1575
limited monarchy1643
1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iv. 139 By this name can only be meant, a restrained and limited Monarchy, that is, that such a King, though he have Supreme, yet hath not absolute power.
1832 J. Austin Province Jurispr. vi. 231 In..limited monarchies, a single individual shares the sovereign powers with an aggregate or aggregates of individuals.
2000 P. H. Wilson Absolutism in Central Europe iv. 122 What we can call absolutism emerged from the debate on the ideal form of limited monarchy during the early seventeenth century.
limited partner n. a partner in a company, etc., whose liability towards its debts is legally limited and who does not take an active part in its running.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > partner > types of partner
sleeping partner1785
latent partner1791
principal1806
special partner1811
silent partner1818
limited partner1824
sleeper1901
limited1953
1824 T. Sergeant & W. Rawle Rep. Supreme Court Pennsylvania 8 105 Limited partners frequently insure separately.
1907 Act 7 Edward VII c. 24 §4 Limited partners, who shall at the time of entering into such partnership contribute thereto a sum..valued at a stated amount and who shall not be liable for the debts or obligations of the firm beyond the amount contributed.
2005 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) (Nexis) 13 Dec. b1 The report moves the limited partners one step closer to recovery of the money they invested three decades ago.
limited partnership n. a partnership in which the liability of some partners is legally limited to the extent of their investment.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > a partnership > limited
limited partnership1791
1791 H. Blackstone Rep. Court Common Pleas 1 48 In many parts of Europe, limited partnerships are admitted, provided they be entered on a register.
1847 R. Meeson & W. N. Welsby Rep. Cases Exchequer xv. 525 This is really a species of limited partnership, being an association to carry out a common object, and no funds in hand being provided for that purpose.
1907 Act 7 Edward VII c. 24 §1 This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Limited Partnerships Act, 1907.
2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Apr. (Central ed.) d1/2 Last year, investors poured an estimated $7.5 billion into limited partnerships.
limited-slip differential n. Mechanics a differential gear that allows different driven shafts to rotate at different rates, within predetermined limits, typically used in motor vehicles to allow rear wheels to rotate independently when cornering; cf. positraction n.
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1953 Autocar 21 Aug. 230/1 Using a limited slip differential which, as its name implies, limits the freedom for relative movement between the two wheels.
1988 Ski Dec. 150/3 You'll also want to add automatic locking hubs to your list, along with the limited-slip differentials front and rear.
2005 Road & Track Nov. 54/5 A mechanical limited-slip differential in place of the previous planetary gear/clutch arrangement.
limited-stop adj. of or relating to a public transport service that stops at a limited number of places on its route; designating such a service.
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1912 Western Engin. June 227/1 The extraordinary development across the Bay is a sufficient object lesson in the possibilities of development by limited-stop rapid transit trains.
1961 D. R. Macgregor in G. A. Theodorson Stud. Human Ecol. v. 591 A classification should be made at busy periods into stopping and limited-stop buses.
2013 Daily Examiner (Grafton, Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 1 A combination of express and limited-stop services for regional areas would be offered.
limited train n. = limited express n.; occasionally = limited mail n.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > train carrying mail > carrying mail and limited number of passengers
limited mail1859
limited train1879
society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > express or non-stop
express train1841
lightning express1844
express1848
limited express1860
rapide1868
limited1869
night express1877
non-stop1909
limited train1913
Blue Train1922
rapido1939
1879 D. T. Leech & W. L. Nicholson Post Office Dept. U.S.A. 76 To encourage ‘fast mail’ on service by limited trains.
1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 80/1 People who have had experience of..the best ‘limited’ trains of America.
1986 J. N. J. Henwood & J. G. Muncie Laurel Line v. 127/2 In May 1931, eight weekday limited trains were removed from the time card.
limited war n. a war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued, are limited or restricted.
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society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > limited war
limited war1806
proxy war1907
1806 W. Cranch Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 2 106 The hostilities which existed between France and the United States, amounted at most to a partial, limited war.
1955 Times 4 July 9/7 Britain, then, has to be prepared for both nuclear and limited war.
2004 J. Record Dark Victory Pref. p. viii The war of 1991 was a limited war dedicated to overturning a flagrant act of aggression.
Derivatives
ˈlimitedly adv.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adverb]
with metc1175
restrainedly?1569
limitedlya1631
restrictedly1652
confinedly1685
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. iv. §1 You see nothing is delivered by him against it, but modestly, limitedly, and perplexedly.
1722 E. Calamy 13 Serm. i. 10 That Word is sometimes to be taken abstractedly and indefinitely, and at other times more limitedly and confinedly.
1895 Q. Rev. July 76 We in London need such limitedly local relaxations.
1993 A. S. Saakana in S. Miller Last Post 106 They were confined to playing the club circuit in London, prestigious as they were, but toured limitedly in the provinces.
ˈlimitedness n.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount
limitation1597
limitedness1631
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun]
limitation1597
limitedness1631
confinedness1639
narrowness1641
contractedness1659
inextension1827
stintedness1827
restrictedness1828
boundedness1886
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > quality of being restricted or limited
limitation1597
limitedness1631
confinedness1639
contractedness1659
stintedness1827
restrictedness1828
1631 E. Reynolds Three Treat. 1 Man especially; who besides the limitednesse of his nature, as he is a Creature, hath contracted much deficiencie and deformitie as he is a Sinner.
1736 J. Barr Summary of Nat. Relig. 74 The limitedness of human Understandings hinders them from knowing who are true Penitents.
1891 H. Jones Browning as Teacher 235 He pushes the limitedness of human knowledge into a disqualification of it to reach truth at all.
2004 Vancouver (Brit. Columbia) Province (Nexis) 20 Sept. a20 Time in any classroom reveals the limitedness of students to analyze, probe, contemplate, or reflect on alternatives.
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