lim|it|ed

lim|it|ed
lim|it|ed «LIHM uh tihd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. a) kept within limits; restricted: »

a limited space, a limited number of seats, limited resources.

 SYNONYM(S): circumscribed, confined. b) Figurative. lacking understanding or imagination: »

He is quite limited and able to do only the most routine jobs.

2. traveling fast and making only a few stops: »

This limited train has only sleeping cars, and makes very few stops.

3. with legal responsibility only to a limited or restricted extent, usually the nominal stock or shares insofar as it is not yet paid up: »

a limited liability.

Abbr: Ltd.
4. English Law. assigned by a conveyance or settlement: »

property limited to a person for life.

–n.
a train or bus that travels fast and makes only a few stops: »

The Twentieth Century Limited.

–lim´it|ed|ly, adverb.
–lim´it|ed|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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