limited flexibility

collocation in English

meaningsoflimitedandflexibility

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limited
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪd/
small in amount ...
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flexibility
noun[U]
uk
/ˌflek.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌflek.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the ability to change or be changed easily according to ...
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(Definition oflimitedandflexibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflimited flexibility

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Stocks and opencast working provide onlylimitedflexibility.
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This situation guarantees a verylimitedflexibilityin not only the resulting compositional structures but to the applicability of input data as well.
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The basic motivation behind their framework is that water needs vary over time but a given irrigation practice haslimitedflexibilityin meeting these changing demands.
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The fossils do not suggest more than alimitedflexibilityof the trunk, so that swimming by a body wave does not seem to have been possible.
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Group-based interventions may be impractical, as there islimitedflexibilityin session times, which is incongruent with any unexpected changes to a patient's health and treatment plans.
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We want local authorities to have somelimitedflexibilityto make such decisions.
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I should have thought that gave people an intolerablylimitedflexibility.
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I understand that alimitedflexibilityis built into that system, which has been in operation since 1977.
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For that reason we have provided that there should be somelimitedflexibilityavailable as regards the timing of general elections.
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The service haslimitedflexibilityto vary its charging procedures without clear parliamentary authority and already follows the standard practices expected of any government agency.
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Some verylimitedflexibilityis allowed in the use of quotas, but once the working level for the year concerned has been reached no further licences are issued.
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The alliance would be driven to make the policy operate on the basis of a high tax rate withlimitedflexibility, since otherwise people would break through it.
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However, this predictability came at the price of verylimitedflexibility, and it has been revealed in the past how much we can be exposed to sudden developments.
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Limitedflexibilityleads to further examination with x-ray, providing a two-dimensional view of the hip joints.
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The ease of stepping through is also appreciated by those withlimitedflexibilityor other joint problems.
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While the constitution allowslimitedflexibilityin determining this system, it has not changed since the return of democracy.
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No strict core curriculum exists, however ninth and tenth graders are offeredlimitedflexibilityin their courses.
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Some verylimitedflexibilityis allowed in the use of quotas, but once the working quota level for the year concerned has been reached no further licences are issued.
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We accepted these suggestions with the view that it would make for a better company code as a whole if there was alimitedflexibilityof this kind in it.
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However, charter cities that are subordinate to the rules of larger institutions (such as provinces or nations) havelimitedflexibilityto adopt new governance structures.
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