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semiaffordable

semiaffordable adjective: expensive but affordable if one stretches one's resources.

Adjective

semiaffordable (not comparable)

  1. Expensive but affordable if one stretches one's resources.
    • The route disgusted me, but it led to the only semiaffordable, partially accessible place I could find.1981, Raymond Lifchez, Barbara Winslow, Design for Independent Living, →ISBN
    • Serious shoppers who cannot afford serious prices, however, can walk around the corner to the vicinity of the Rue Boccador, where there are small shops with affordable, or at least semiaffordable, treasures.1986, Abraham Michael Rosenthal, Arthur Gelb, The Sophisticated traveler

Origin of semiaffordable

From semi- + affordable.

Questions about semiaffordable

What does semiaffordable mean?
Semiaffordable means expensive but affordable if one stretches one's resources.
What part of speech is semiaffordable?
Semiaffordable is an adjective.

Words near semiaffordable in the dictionary

  1. semiadjunction
  2. semiadjustable
  3. semiadnate
  4. semiaerobic
  5. semiaerobically
  6. semiaffordable
  7. semiagricultural
  8. Semiahmoo
  9. semialdehyde
  10. semialdehydes
  11. semialgebra

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