SEMILITERATE in a Sentence

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This paper examines some of the problems and difficulties experienced in undertaking surveys among illiterate and semiliterate commuters.

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semiliterate
 n.  barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write
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1  This paper examines some of the problems and difficulties experienced in undertaking surveys among illiterate and semiliterate commuters.