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seminecessary

seminecessary adjective: somewhat or partially necessary.

Adjective

seminecessary (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or partially necessary.
    • A general recommendation: Reduce the scope of Federal Government peacetime operations by letting private industry, local and State governments take over many functions, and dropping many other seminecessary Government functions.1952, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 2, page 491

Origin of seminecessary

From semi- + necessary.

Questions about seminecessary

What does seminecessary mean?
Seminecessary means somewhat or partially necessary.
What part of speech is seminecessary?
Seminecessary is an adjective.

Words near seminecessary in the dictionary

  1. seminationalized
  2. seminations
  3. seminative
  4. seminatural
  5. seminaïve
  6. seminecessary
  7. semined
  8. seminerd
  9. seminerds
  10. seminervous
  11. seminested

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