semiskilled

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   possessing or requiring limited skills

   “semiskilled dockworkers”

   “a semiskilled job”

   Similarunskilled

Questions about semiskilled

What does semiskilled mean?

semiskilled means "possessing or requiring limited skills".

How many syllables are in semiskilled?

semiskilled has 3 syllables and divides as semi-skil-led under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is semiskilled a common word?

semiskilled is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.