limitation

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  1. noun The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
  2. noun A restriction.
  3. noun A shortcoming or defect.
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  • The reason of this limitation will be apparent, if it be recollected that the moment at which the officer's anger is likely to be the greatest, is when he first becomes acquainted with the details of the offender's misconduct. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • One method of overcoming this limitation is the implementation adaptive-mesh refinement (AMR) scheme. —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • Another limitation was the lack of individual information on other risk factors including physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use. —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
  • Starling pointed to what he called a limitation of the study, that the bridged patients could well have differed somehow from the nonbridged patients in a way that contributed to their higher mortality. —  theHeart.org
  • It depends entirely on your application whether this limitation is an issue or not. —  Rick Strahl's Web Log
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  1. from Middle English limitacioun (in sense 6), from Old French limitacion, French limitation = Spanish limitacion = Portuguese limitação = Italian limitazione, from Latin limitatio(n-), a bounding, from limitare, past participle limitatus, bound: see limit, v.
 

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/lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
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