limiting English

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limiting Adjective

— If something is limiting, it doesn't let you be free. I'm afraid that this way of thinking is very limiting and won't move us forward. I find this jacket quite limiting.

limiting

— adjective (= restricting) restricting the scope or freedom of action

— adjective strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase the restrictive clause in 'Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause

— noun (= qualifying) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

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restrictive

confining

restricting

constrictive

constraining

binding

qualifying

prohibitive

modification

limitary

limit

boundary

utmost

ultimate

tying

temperance

slicing

restraint

restraining

qualification

parameter

moderation

marking

marginal

limitative

limitation

extreme

exclusion

demarcation

defining more closely

cut ridge

critical

controlling

conditioning

clipping

clampdown

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