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semitrained

semitrained adjective: having completed only part of a course of training.

Adjective

semitrained (not comparable)

  1. Having completed only part of a course of training.
    • “At Kinko’s, there’s a thin veneer of professional folks riding herd on a vast platoon of semitrained people,” said James E. Schrager, clinical professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.2007 May 5, Claudia H. Deutsch, “Paper Jam at FedEx Kinko’s”, in New York Times

Origin of semitrained

From semi- + trained.

Questions about semitrained

What does semitrained mean?
Semitrained means having completed only part of a course of training.
What part of speech is semitrained?
Semitrained is an adjective.

Words near semitrained in the dictionary

  1. semitractors
  2. semitraditional
  3. semitragic
  4. semitrailer
  5. semitrailers
  6. semitrained
  7. semitrance
  8. semitrances
  9. semitranscendental
  10. semitransept
  11. semitransepts

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