off-limits
adjective
off-lim·its
ˈȯf-ˈli-məts 
: not to be entered or patronized by a designated class (such as military personnel)
also
: not to be interfered with, considered, or spoken of
the subject of sex was off-limits in her family
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Its control room, for instance, remained off-limits.
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Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
What To Know The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan on October 21, to declare all county buildings and facilities off-limits to ICE enforcement.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The founders themselves, paradoxically, remain off-limits as a direct investment class.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
The tent is strictly off-limits to coaches, but Daboll poked his head in to check on Dart before Wilson even took a snap.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
What To Know The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan on October 21, to declare all county buildings and facilities off-limits to ICE enforcement.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The founders themselves, paradoxically, remain off-limits as a direct investment class.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
The tent is strictly off-limits to coaches, but Daboll poked his head in to check on Dart before Wilson even took a snap.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for off-limits
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“Off-limits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-limits. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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