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semiliterate

/,sɛmi'lɪtərɪt/

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adjective
able to read but not to write
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illiterate
adjective
barely able to read and write
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"an semiliterate scrawl"

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illiterate
adjective
literate but poorly informed
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educated

Examples of semiliterate

"an semiliterate scrawl"