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見限る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み限かぎる	見み限かぎらない
Polite	見み限かぎります	見み限かぎりません
Past polite	見み限かぎりました	見み限かぎりませんでした
Past	見み限かぎった	見み限かぎらなかった
Te-form	見み限かぎって	見み限かぎらないで
Desire	見み限かぎりたい	見み限かぎりたくない
Potential	見み限かぎれる	見み限かぎれない
Passive	見み限かぎられる	見み限かぎられない
Causative	見み限かぎらせる	見み限かぎらせない
Causative passive	見み限かぎらせられるalso 見み限かぎらされる	見み限かぎらせられないalso 見み限かぎらされない
Volitional	見み限かぎろう
Polite volitional	見み限かぎりましょう
Imperative	見み限かぎれ	見み限かぎるな
Conditional	見み限かぎれば	見み限かぎらなければ
Tara conditional	見み限かぎったら	見み限かぎらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

give up on; abandon; forsake; turn one's back on

Conveys a deliberate decision to stop supporting or expecting anything from someone or something, often after disappointment or loss of hope. Stronger than あきらめる; implies cutting ties or writing off.

医い者しゃに見み限かぎられた患かん者じゃ
a patient given up on by the doctor
彼かれは会かい社しゃを見み限かぎって独どく立りつした。
He gave up on the company and went independent.
友とも達だちに見み限かぎられるのが怖こわい。
I'm afraid of being abandoned by my friends.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に見み限かぎられるto be given up on / abandoned by someone
彼かれは上じょう司しに見み限かぎられてしまった。
He was given up on by his boss.
〈事こと〉を見み限かぎるto give up on (a plan, hope, situation, etc.)
会かい社しゃは業ぎょう績せき不ふ振しんの事じ業ぎょうを見み限かぎった。
The company gave up on the underperforming business.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
限limit, restrict, to best of ability

Related words

見み捨すてるN1
見捨てる implies abandoning someone in need, often cruelly, while 見限る focuses on the calm decision to stop trusting or expecting anything from someone.
見み放はなすN1
見放す and 見限る are nearly identical in meaning, but 見放す is often used for doctors giving up on a patient or experts giving up on a case, while 見限る is broader and more personal.
諦あきらめるN4
諦める means to give up on a goal or hope with resignation, while 見限る is a more active, final decision that someone or something is no longer worth one's trust.

Opposites

見み込こむN1
見込む means to have faith in someone's potential and expect good things from them, the opposite of 見限る, which means to lose faith and give up on them.

Don't confuse with

限かぎるN3
見限る means to give up on or abandon someone, while 限る means to limit or restrict, and the two are easily confused because they share the kanji 限る.

Word family

お見み限かぎり
ceased patronage; discontinued attendance

Written forms

見み限かぎるUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
みかぎるUsage1%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially in casual writing or when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

Compound of 見る (to see) and 限る (to limit). The literal sense of 'seeing and limiting' developed into the figurative meaning of judging someone or something as having no further potential and cutting ties.