limiting

[ lim-i-ting ]
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adjective
  1. serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.

  2. Grammar. of the nature of a limiting adjective or a restrictive clause.

Origin of limiting

1
First recorded in 1570–80; limit + -ing2

Other words from limiting

  • non·lim·it·ing, adjective

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