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semiliterate
/ ˌsɛmɪˈlɪtərɪt /
adjective
- hardly able to read or write
- able to read but not to write
Other Words From
- sem·i·lit·er·a·cy [sem-ee-, lit, -er-, uh, -see, sem-ahy-], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of semiliterate1
Example Sentences
Coast Guard in international waters every year, most of them poor, semiliterate fishermen from Central and South America driven to smuggling with offers of more money than they’ve ever seen — in Dávila-Reyes’ case $6,000.
"But sometimes we want to make laws even clearer so that even semiliterate psychopaths have a chance at understanding them."
Undereducated, semiliterate and Black, he was routinely and easily dismissed in his youth.
In appearances on the show beginning in 2006, Carlson variously referred to Iraqis as “semiliterate primitive monkeys” and described “a culture where people just don’t use toilet paper or forks.”
What's more, a number of letters were upside down or reversed, hinting that the writer was only semiliterate.
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