"restrictive wording" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to specific language or phrasing used in a sentence that limits or restricts the meaning of the sentence. It is often used in legal or technical writing to clarify the exact intention or scope of a statement. Example: The contract's restrictive wording clearly states that the company is not liable for any damages caused by natural disasters.
By Martin Amis's estimation, some of the excursions of the New Journalism seem "as long as Middlemarch", but freedom from restrictive word or page counts could also be extended to the old journalism, if the subject matter demanded it.
For example, does the problem lie with restrictive word counts, lack of time, lack of enforcement or simply just lack of awareness?
This is not only due to a neglect of the CONSORT statement and its extensions by the authors of the primary studies, but may also be due to the often restrictive word limits in print journals.
Minor comments: The reviewer is right, the protocol for the mate choice tests as well as the aggression tests are already published but we would like to keep it in the current manuscript for reasons of clarity (also taking advantage of the less restrictive word limits of an online-only journal).
Let users learn to omit restrictive words; implicit omission of some words is as limiting as implicit declaration of misspelled variable-names in computer software: don't do it.
Are the added words essential (restrictive) or not (nonrestrictive)?
In Vogue, in the Mail, everywhere, writers recently described their sugar detoxes, over 2,000 words their restrictive diets coming to define them.
As a member of the Greek Orthodox Church, Ms. Stephanopoulos also objected to the show's restrictive use of the word "orthodox".
While it is recognised that trial registration databases and scientific journals can be restrictive in terms of word allowance, various strategies have been proposed to improve the reporting of interventions in the published trials, including an 'intervention bank' to include manuals and fidelity tools linked to trial registration numbers'.
