12 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective literate but poorly informed
adjective barely able to read and write
adjective able to read but not to write
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English literate English semiliterate From semi- + literate.
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