semiskilled

adjective semi·skilled \ˌse-mē-ˈskild, ˌse-ˌmī-, -mi-\

: having or requiring some training : having or requiring less training than skilled labor and more than unskilled labor

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: having or requiring less training than skilled labor and more than unskilled labor

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1916

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