self-limiting
Americanadjective
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limiting oneself or itself.
a self-limiting authority.
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(of a disease) self-limited.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of self-limiting
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The laboratory-produced mosquitoes carry a "self-limiting" gene that prevents female mosquito offspring from surviving to adulthood when they mate.
From BBC • May 23, 2024
In the season of giving, getting, and evaluating self-improvement advice, there’s a line between over-optimism and self-limiting skepticism.
From Slate • Jan. 2, 2024
Oxitec’s focus is on the Asian blue tick, or Rhipicephalus microplus, and using a self-limiting gene to reduce their population to better protect livestock and curb economic losses associated with tick bites and disease.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023
U.S. policy has been self-limiting, if not self-defeating.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2023
What the athletes also gave him was an ability to reach into every slice of the school’s population, into every self-defined and self-limiting clique.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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