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Definition of Semiliterate

1. Adjective. Literate but poorly informed.

2. Adjective. Barely able to read and write. "An semiliterate scrawl"

3. Adjective. Able to read but not to write.

Definition of Semiliterate

1. Adjective. Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semiliterate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiliterate

semilegitimate semilens semilenses semilente insulin semilenticular semileptonic semileptonically semilethal semilethals semiligneous

semilinear semiliquid semiliquidity semiliquids semiliteracy semiliterate (current term) semiliterates semillon semillons semilocal

semilog semilog paper semilogarithmic semilogical semilunar semilunar bone semilunar cartilage semilunar conjunctival fold semilunar cusp semilunar fascia

Literary usage of Semiliterate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China's Global Role: An Analysis of Peking's National Power Capabilities in by John Franklin Copper (1980)
"In 1964 an official statement from Peking cited '20 percent as the number of illiterate and semiliterate in China (People's Daily, January 26, 1964). ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... the advice disbursed ... is semiliterate trash —Simon 1980 discomfit Several usage commentators have, in the past, tried to convince their readers that ..."

3. Agents of Change: Studies on the Policy Environment for Small Enterprise in by Edward Philip English, Georges-Maurice Hénault (1995)
"The main one of these is that their operations are simple and easily understood by even illiterate or semiliterate people, who form the bulk of their ..."

4. James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank Edward Manuel (2004)
"The repute of the Academy brought it within the ken even of semiliterate correspondents, who fancied that the institution was a powerful force in the moral ..."

5. James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank Edward Manuel (2004)
"The repute of the Academy brought it within the ken even of semiliterate correspondents, who fancied that the institution was a powerful force in the moral ..."

6. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age Pages (1993)
"A large percentage of inmates are illiterate or semiliterate. Prison labor usually is only suitable for labor- intensive, low-skilled work, ..."

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