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term-limited

term-limited is the simple past and past participle of term-limit.

Meaning of term-limit

Verb

term-limit (third-person singular simple present term-limits, present participle term-limiting, simple past and past participle term-limited)

  1. (informal, transitive) To remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.
    • Should we start being sad that he is being term-limited out of office at the end of the year?2010 September, Ray Hartmann, "They Started the Revolution Without Us", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 69

Questions about term-limited

What is term-limited the simple past and past participle of?
Term-limited is the simple past and past participle of term-limit.

Words near term-limited in the dictionary

  1. term sheet
  2. term sheets
  3. term time
  4. term times
  5. term-limit
  6. term-limited
  7. term-limiting
  8. term-limits
  9. term-time
  10. term-times
  11. term-trotter

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