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semiskilled

semiskilled adjective: requiring, or having, only minimal levels of training.

Adjective

semiskilled (not comparable)

  1. (jobs, or the people who do them) 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.
    Synonyms:
    low-skilled

semiskilled meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

semiskilled in Tamil

குறைத்திறத் தொழிலாளி, ஓரளவு திறமையுள்ள, அரைகுறைத் திறமைகொண்ட, பயிற்சிக்குறைவான, பகுதித் தேர்ச்சிகொண்ட

semiskilled in Indonesian

requiring only minimal levels of training
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Examples of semiskilled in a sentence

  • The greater job security of skilled workers compared with semiskilled and unskilled workers was clearly evident during the 1960–61 recession.1961, Occupational Outlook Handbook, page 336:
  • Specifically, semiskilled workers using machines could produce more than the skilled workers in small craft shops.2008, Jon M. Werner, Randy L. DeSimone, Human Resource Development, →ISBN, page 6:

Synonyms of semiskilled

Forms of semiskilled

alternative formsemi-skilled

Origin of semiskilled

From semi- + skilled.

Questions about semiskilled

What does semiskilled mean?
Semiskilled means requiring, or having, only minimal levels of training.
What is semiskilled in Tamil?
Semiskilled in Tamil is குறைத்திறத் தொழிலாளி, ஓரளவு திறமையுள்ள, அரைகுறைத் திறமைகொண்ட. See Semiskilled meaning in Tamil.
How do you use semiskilled in a sentence?
The greater job security of skilled workers compared with semiskilled and unskilled workers was clearly evident during the 1960–61 recession.
What part of speech is semiskilled?
Semiskilled is an adjective.

Words near semiskilled in the dictionary

  1. semisimplicity
  2. semisimply
  3. semisimulated
  4. semisimulation
  5. semisimulations
  6. semiskilled
  7. semislave
  8. semislaves
  9. semislug
  10. semislugs
  11. semismart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semiskilled (page history and authors); semiskilled (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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