limiting

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The film by director Rituparno Ghosh is in English, limiting its audience.

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  1. adjective Acting as a limit.
  2. adjective Grammar Restricting the range of application of the noun modified.

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  • If the trials were for something self-limiting, I think there would be an expectation of more rigor. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • One of the biggest barriers to living fully in your spirituality and in your life is deeply conditioned, limiting, and self-defeating belief system. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Personally I never found GWT to be limiting, and while there were quirks and some workarounds needed, in the end it did everything I needed it to do. —  WordPress.com News
  • Regardless of what's at fault, the experience was bumpy. is limiting -- you can only view. mp4 and. mov files. —  MacNewsWorld
  • Descriptions can be limiting, and the moment I label this macabre comedy as scathing or outrageous or excessively bloody, the very accuracy of those terms will dissuade some readers from wanting to attend. —  Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
 

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