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restricted adjective [ rɪˈstrɪktɪd ]

• limited in extent, number, scope, or action.
• "Western scientists had only restricted access to the site"
Similar: cramped, confined, constricted, small, narrow, compact, tight, poky, minimal, sparse, inadequate, strait, incommodious, limited, controlled, regulated, reduced, curbed, moderate, modest, deficient,
Opposite: roomy, unlimited, unrestricted,

restrict verb

• put a limit on; keep under control.
• "some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors"
Similar: limit, set/impose limits on, keep within bounds, keep under control, regulate, control, moderate, cut down on,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin restrict- ‘confined, bound fast’, from the verb restringere (see restrain).


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