restricted
Americanadjective
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confined; limited.
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(of information, a document, etc.)
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bearing the classification restricted, usually the lowest level of classified information.
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limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified.
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limited to or admitting only members of a particular group or class.
a restricted neighborhood; a restricted hotel.
adjective
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limited or confined
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not accessible to the general public or ( esp US ) out of bounds to military personnel
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denoting or in a zone in which a speed limit or waiting restrictions for vehicles apply
Other Word Forms
- nonrestricted adjective
- nonrestrictedly adverb
- restrictedly adverb
- restrictedness noun
- self-restricted adjective
- unrestricted adjective
- unrestrictedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of restricted
Example Sentences
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And, with the typical insider seller being restricted from selling stock for a number of months, the end of their “lockup period” might coincide with the shares already being owned by index funds.
It was in an "age restricted" block of flats for over-70s, built and run by one of the biggest developers in the country, McCarthy Stone.
From BBC
The 2015 purchase agreement with Shkreli restricted him from commercializing or exhibiting the album in large venues for 88 years, meaning it wasn’t permitted to be widely released to the public until 2103.
Rights groups say basic freedoms are heavily restricted in the country, and have condemned threats against opposition figures.
From Barron's
This shows that the method is not restricted to a single part of the electromagnetic spectrum, but instead represents a broadly applicable dispersion-engineering framework.
From Science Daily
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