restricted
confined; limited.
(of information, a document, etc.)
bearing the classification restricted, usually the lowest level of classified information.
limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified.: Compare classification (def. 5).
limited to or admitting only members of a particular group or class: a restricted neighborhood; a restricted hotel.
Origin of restricted
1Other words from restricted
- re·strict·ed·ly, adverb
- re·strict·ed·ness, noun
- non·re·strict·ed, adjective
- non·re·strict·ed·ly, adverb
- self-re·strict·ed, adjective
- un·re·strict·ed, adjective
- un·re·strict·ed·ly, adverb
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How to use restricted in a sentence
Caresses and embraces were indulged in as freely and unrestrictedly as might have been between two little girls.
A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes | Sanford BellAnd John Hartley was not altogether and unrestrictedly happy during that first hour in his new apartment.
The Silver Poppy | Arthur StringerIt asserts unrestrictedly the secular principle, and its logical issue is Disestablishment.
A History of Freedom of Thought | John Bagnell BuryFirst, and unrestrictedly, it is a part of the universe by its body.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 | Plotinos (Plotinus)Can you give me your time unrestrictedly for a week or ten days?
Bound to Succeed | Allen Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for restricted
/ (rɪˈstrɪktɪd) /
limited or confined
not accessible to the general public or (esp US) out of bounds to military personnel
British denoting or in a zone in which a speed limit or waiting restrictions for vehicles apply
Derived forms of restricted
- restrictedly, adverb
- restrictedness, noun
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