Meaning of semidesperation | Babel Free

Definitions

A state approaching desperation.

uncountable

Examples

“[…]the old gentleman […] pooh-poohed the idea, and finally dismissed Henry in a state of semidesperation[…]”

“The call of semidesperation via a high-tech status symbol is an emblem of the gap between the past and the present for many of urban America’s self-employed.”

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