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subacademic

subacademic adjective: not having full academic status.

Adjective

subacademic (not comparable)

  1. Not having full academic status.
    • a subacademic vocational course

Origin of subacademic

From sub- + academic.

Questions about subacademic

What does subacademic mean?
Subacademic means not having full academic status.
What part of speech is subacademic?
Subacademic is an adjective.

Words near subacademic in the dictionary

  1. subability
  2. subabortive
  3. subabsolute
  4. subabul
  5. subabuls
  6. subacademic
  7. subaccount
  8. subaccountant
  9. subaccountants
  10. subaccounts
  11. subacetate

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