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semi-processed

semi-processed

4.9
Partly prepared and not yet ready to use
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛmiˈprɒsɛst/
translation icon : semiprocesado
  • The chef used a semi-processed tomato sauce to save time while preparing the dish.

Examples

  • The factory produced a semi-processed product that needed further refinement before sale.

  • One should also not lose sight of the fact that tariff and non-tariff barriers imposed by the West have discouraged value-added or semi-processed agricultural imports from African countries.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Using even an optimized EHR to capture the entire story of the patient or a semi-processed version of it in a "paper-like" manner is not sustainable.

    Blog text (24)

  • Many companies import semi-processed materials to reduce costs in their manufacturing processes.

Synonyms

unfinished
vssemi-processed
132 2.7

Not complete and still needing work

means some production stages are complete rather than nothing being done
half-done
vssemi-processed
6 3.4

Only partly finished and not ready to use

refers to items that have undergone some but not all production stages
semifinished
vssemi-processed
4.4

Partly made and needing more work before it can be used or sold

emphasizes which production steps are done rather than final usability

Antonyms

raw
353 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

completed
1.0

Finished and not needing any more work

How Processed

finished
2 1.0
processed
2.9
semi-processed
4.9
raw
353 1.0

Surface Forms

semi-processed positive

Morphology

semi-processed = processed (transparent) = semi + process + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the productive prefix 'semi-' to 'processed', and the meaning 'partially processed' follows directly.

Etymology

The word semi-processed combines semi- meaning 'half' or 'partly' and processed, from process, meaning 'steps to change something'. So a semi-processed item has had only some of the steps done and is partly finished.