limited

Having set boundaries

Limited describes something with boundaries or restrictions—the opposite of unlimited or boundless.

A limited edition has a fixed number of copies.

Limited resources are scarce.

A limited understanding is incomplete.

In business, a limited company (Ltd.) restricts owners' liability to their investment.

Limited can also suggest modest or underwhelming: The results were limited at best.

restricted

restricted

Limited in scope

curtailed · prohibited · banned · forbidden · censored · embargoed · capped · curfewed · rationed · quota

finite

finite

Having definite bounds

exhaustible · temporary · mortal · fleeting · transient · ephemeral · terminable · time-bound · expiring · fixed

scarce

rare

Seldom found or seen

meager · insufficient · deficient · inadequate · shortage · dearth · lacking · minimal · scant · paucity

confined

confined

Kept within bounds

contained · penned · caged · boxed-in · claustrophobic · hemmed-in · walled · bounded · circumscribed · tight

boundary

boundary

Line marking a limit

threshold · confines · margin · cap · ceiling · cutoff · endpoint · horizon · extent · range

narrow

narrow-minded

Intolerant of differing views

myopic · short-sighted · blinkered · biased · prejudiced · intolerant · bigoted · small-minded · closed-minded · shallow

exclusive

exclusive

Limited to one group

VIP · gated · private · privileged · insider · closed · cliquish · discriminatory · exclusionary · inaccessible

Categories
Opposites
extent or quantity

limitedunlimited

Without bounds or restrictions

limitless · infinite · boundless · endless · unbounded

restriction or freedom

limitedunrestricted

Having no limitations

unlimited · unrestrained · unconstrained · unbridled · open

scope or comprehensiveness

limitedcomprehensive

Including all elements

expansive · extensive · sweeping · broad · total

Phrases
Family

limit, limits, unlimited, limitless, limitation, limiting, delimit, limitations, sublimity

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