1. semiliterate - Noun
2. semiliterate - Adjective
3. semiliterate - Adjective Satellite
literate but poorly informed
barely able to read and write
able to read but not to write
Source: WordNetThe semiliterate on the next bar stool will tell you with absolute, arrogant assurance just how to solve the world's problems; while the scholar who has spent a lifetime studying their causes is not at all sure how to do this. Edwin Thompson Jaynes
an semiliterate scrawl Source: Internet