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lim·it·ed  (lm-td)
adj.
1. Confined or restricted within certain limits: has only limited experience.
2.
a. Not attaining the highest goals or achievement: a limited success.
b. Having only mediocre talent or range of ability: a popular but limited actor.
3. Having governmental or ruling powers restricted by enforceable limitations, as a constitution or a legislative body: limited monarchy.
4. Abbr. Ltd. or Ld. Of, relating to, or being a limited company.
5. Abbr. ltd. Of, relating to, or being transportation facilities, such as trains or buses, that make few stops and carry relatively few passengers.
n. Abbr. ltd.
A limited train or bus.

limi·ted·ly adv.
limi·ted·ness n.

limited
Adjective
1. having a limit; restricted
2. without fullness or scope; narrow
3. (of governing powers or sovereignty) restricted by a constitution, laws, or an assembly: limited government
4. Brit & NZ (of a business enterprise) owned by shareholders whose liability for the enterprise's debts is restricted
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Noun1.limited - public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York"
public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight
Adj.1.limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends"
narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
unlimited, limitless - having no limits in range or scope; "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv; "the limitless reaches of outer space"
2.limited - subject to limits or subjected to limits
restricted - subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance"
3.limited - including only a part
incomprehensive, noncomprehensive - not comprehensive
4.limited - mediocre
qualified - limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"
5.limited - not excessive
moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
6.limited - having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission"
specific - (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident"
7.limited - not unlimited; "a limited list of choices"
finite - bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

limited
Translations
Spanish limited [ˈlɪmɪtɪd] adjlimitado;
to be limited to → limitarse a;
limited edition → edición limitada

French limited [ˈlɪmɪtɪd] limit adjlimité(e)restreint(e);
limited edition → édition f à tirage limité;
to be limited to → se limiter à, ne concerner que

German limited [ˈlɪmɪtɪd] limit adjbegrenzt, beschränkt;
to be limited to limit → beschränkt sein auf +acc

Italian limited [ˈlɪmɪtɪd] adjlimitato/a, ristretto/a;
limited edition → edizione f a bassa tiratura

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Therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occasion; for voluntary undoing, may be as well for a man's country, as for the kingdom of heaven.
He really felt conscientiously vexed on the occasion; for the very exertion to which he had limited the performance of his promise to his father was by this arrangement rendered impracticable.
But such reaction was effective only because an age had come--the age of a negative, or agnostic philosophy--in which men's minds must needs be limited to the superficialities of things, with a kind of narrowness amounting to a positive gift.
 
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