Meaning of semicontroversial | Babel Free

Definitions

Causing some controversy, but not enough to be considered controversial.

not-comparable

Examples

“Never mind the semicontroversial "Stop Snitching" T-shirts, where the threatening command not to talk to the police is inscribed within a red octagon.”

“He thinks like a politician, and he thinks like a lawyer. So the governor in particular is very careful about parsing his words, especially if we’re talking about a political issue that’s being negotiated in the Legislature, talking about things connected to Bridgegate, things that are semicontroversial.”

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