lim|it|ed «LIHM uh tihd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. a) kept within limits; restricted: »
a limited space, a limited number of seats, limited resources.
SYNONYM(S): circumscribed, confined. b) Figurative. lacking understanding or imagination: »He is quite limited and able to do only the most routine jobs.
2. traveling fast and making only a few stops: »
This limited train has only sleeping cars, and makes very few stops.
3. with legal responsibility only to a limited or restricted extent, usually the nominal stock or shares insofar as it is not yet paid up: »
a limited liability.
Abbr: Ltd.4. English Law. assigned by a conveyance or settlement: »
property limited to a person for life.
–n.
a train or bus that travels fast and makes only a few stops: »
The Twentieth Century Limited.
–lim´it|ed|ly, adverb.
–lim´it|ed|ness, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.