单词	limiting
释义	limiting adjective lim·​it·​ing ˈli-mə-tiŋ  1 a : functioning as a limit : restrictive limiting value b : being an environmental factor (such as a nutrient) that limits the population size of an organism 2 : serving to specify the application of the modified noun this in "this book" is a limiting word limitingly adverb Example Sentences A limiting factor on our country's economic performance is its lack of resources. As a writer, I find the drama genre to be very limiting. Recent Examples on the Web Our pros love how this innovative jacket stayed warm without feeling bulky or limiting range of motion. Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 12 Aug. 2022 This was not the case with the Magic Leap 1, which had a very limiting field-of-view and buggy controller. Anshel Sag, Forbes, 9 June 2022 But, in many ways, Joyce's definition of feminism is both limiting and pretty contradictory. Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2022 Border policies have long restricted asylum seekers’ access to U.S. soil, and under the pandemic those restrictions became even more limiting. Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2021 Toxic masculinity is, after all, a limiting and regressive stranglehold for everyone. Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 11 Nov. 2021 In fact, staffing may be one of the most limiting factors in a unicorn’s ultimate success if not properly addressed. Pete Wilkins, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 Many Latino writers feel stuck — and begin to stagnate — in entry-level roles and a pipeline of diversity initiatives that can feel more limiting than liberating. Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021 Democrats would need 10 Republican votes to move a package through the Senate without the faster but more limiting budget reconciliation process. Adam Aton, Scientific American, 13 May 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing limiting self-limiting self-limiting limiting verb present participle of limit 1 as in restricting to set bounds or an upper limit for limit the note to a few words Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance restricting tightening confining capping hindering blocking impeding circumscribing narrowing obstructing suppressing holding down modifying hampering lessening barring contracting constricting squeezing pinching repressing numbering quelling qualifying Antonyms & Near Antonyms exceeding expanding broadening widening overextending overreaching 2 as in defining to mark the limits of adjectives limit the meanings of nouns Synonyms & Similar Words defining delimiting circumscribing describing bounding demarcating controlling governing demarking terminating determining marking (off) delineating
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