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limiting

limiting

3 3.5
Keeping someone or something from having full freedom and many choices
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : limitante
  • So if you're aware of your limiting beliefs, write them down.
  • limiting factor
  • the most limiting

But they're also limiting beliefs that aren't true.

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Examples

  • Access to high-quality tutoring services, especially in urban and rural areas, is often a limiting factor.

    Academic text (2012)
  • On a practical level, lack of time to meet and discuss is a limiting factor for both parents and staff.

    Academic text (2004)
  • In what ways are you limiting your own potential?

  • What are all the limiting beliefs you have?

  • San Diego is still evaluating whether this is a limiting factor, but early indications are that it is not.

    Academic text (1998)
  • But as global power becomes diffuse, the United States' long-standing habits of mind may be more limiting than helpful.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The most salient limiting factor for participation in medical trials is mistrust.

    Academic text (2005)
  • But they're also limiting beliefs that aren't true.

  • Access to high-quality education is often a limiting factor in a child's development.

  • The new regulations are limiting the ability of small businesses to operate freely.

Synonyms

restrictive
vslimiting
52 4.7

Limits what people can do by rules or laws

is the wider idea of placing a restriction rather than policy control
confining
vslimiting
1 5.6

That limits someone's freedom or ability to move

is the broader notion of creating boundaries, not only physical enclosure
constricting
vslimiting
1 6.5

Causes people to feel limited and unable to act freely

is broader and covers any act of restricting extent or freedom
constrictive
vslimiting
1 7.1

Making people or groups have less freedom to grow

is the general term for placing a constraint or boundary
constraining
vslimiting
1 6.3

Makes someone or something unable to act freely

is more general and places a boundary on extent or possibilities
narrowing
vslimiting
6.0

Becoming more limited and reducing people's choices or freedoms

is the general act of creating a boundary rather than a gradual change

Antonyms

805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

Compounds

A choice or action that makes it harder for you to get promoted

How Restrictive

restrictive
52 4.7
constraining
1 6.3
limiting
3 3.5
flexible
155 3.4
unrestricted
24 4.1

Surface Forms

limiting positive

Morphology

limiting = limit (transparent) = limit + ing

Formed from the verb 'limit' with the participial/adjectival suffix '-ing', yielding a straightforward meaning 'restricting'.

Etymology

Limiting comes from the common word limit, which originally comes from a Latin word for a 'boundary' or 'edge'. Think of a fence that stops movement; that's why limiting means 'restricting' options or freedom.