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   restricted

   /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. limited in extent, number, scope, or action: "Western scientists had only restricted access to the site" Similar crampedconfinedconstrictedsmallnarrowcompacttightpokyminimalsparseinadequatearchaic:straitrare:incommodiouslimitedcontrolledregulatedreducedcurbedmoderatemodestdeficientOpposite roomyunlimitedunrestricted
   • ▪ (of a document or information) not to be disclosed to the public for reasons of national security.
   • ▪ (of a virus) unable to reproduce at its normal rate in certain hosts: "the mechanism of restricted virus replication"
   • ▪ (of DNA) subject to degradation by a restriction enzyme: "some enzymes cleave DNA at restricted sites"

   Derivatives

   • 1. restrictedly adverb
   • 2. restrictedness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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