self-limited
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of self-limited
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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“In most people, I would say this is a self-limited illness that will go away in a few days, and you really don't have to worry about it,” says Roberts.
From National Geographic • Dec. 8, 2023
And I wonder if that’s a way we have self-limited ourselves.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2022
My course was benign and self-limited, and I came nowhere near to requiring a ventilator.
From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2021
It sounds impressive, but there’s a catch: many cancers are destined to be self-limited.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
Looking at him, the reign of the purely materialistic, however much aided by organizing genius, was plainly self-limited; the modest career of Longfellow outshone it in the world’s arena.
From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
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