circumscribed

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adjective

Limited narrowly; restricted.

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Meanings

adjectivecircumscribed (comparative more circumscribed, superlative most circumscribed)

comparative more circumscribed · superlative most circumscribed

  1. Limited narrowly; restricted.

    Blair brought out the febrile intensity of Stanhope, wiring himself into his ever more circumscribed troglodyte world, speculating moodily on the worm that went down when it thought it was coming up. Robert Philp thought Blair's ...

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verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of circumscribe

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesubject to limits or subjected to limits

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

circumscribed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumscribed

MLA

“circumscribed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumscribed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumscribed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumscribed.

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