noun
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limit
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However, the restrictions imposed on these special rates tend to limit their usefulness for many advertisers.
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The inflexible central scheduling of over-the-air broadcast transmissions severely limited the usefulness of educational television programs in individual classrooms.
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The notation is basically numerical and non-expressive, the latter aspect being felt to limit the scheme's usefulness in computerized databases.
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All this has no doubt limited the perceived usefulness of union membership to workers.
outlive
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It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.
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Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.
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In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness .
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Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness , providing no current or future information.
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By contrast, the over-hyped Times Guide to 1992 now seems to have outlived its usefulness .
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In order to enhance his credibility Fedora was allowed to expose John Vassall who by then had outlived his usefulness .
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And when they have outlived their usefulness , they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments.
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I question, personally, whether these inspectors have not outlived their usefulness .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
outlive its/your usefulness
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And when they have outlived their usefulness, they are slaughtered or sold cheaply for lab experiments.
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By contrast, the over-hyped Times Guide to 1992 now seems to have outlived its usefulness.
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Daniels said a number of programs that were being recommended for elimination had outlived their usefulness while others had never been successful.
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Even the message on the answering machine has outlived its usefulness, providing no current or future information.
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I question, personally, whether these inspectors have not outlived their usefulness.
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In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness.
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In order to enhance his credibility Fedora was allowed to expose John Vassall who by then had outlived his usefulness.
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It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Statistics have some usefulness in the study of public health issues.
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The test's usefulness in measuring intelligence is limited.
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We are beginning to think that this factory has outlived its usefulness as our main supplier.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But then at Boots we pride ourselves on our usefulness to mums.
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Its usefulness overstated, its flexibility limited, it may even increase teacher workload, despite claims to the contrary.
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The answer lies in the usefulness of the belief to the individual members.
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The Internet has a wealth of information for gardeners, but in widely varying degrees of usefulness .
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Yet, as education began to spread, women all over questioned its usefulness and validity.