semiskilled
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English skilled English semiskilled From semi- + skilled.
- Requiring, or having, only minimal levels of training.
“Near-synonym: low-skilled”
“Semiskilled workers are cheaper than skilled workers but more productive than unskilled drudges.”