semidesperation
nounEtymology From semi- + desperation.
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A state approaching desperation.
- […]the old gentleman […] pooh-poohed the idea, and finally dismissed Henry in a state of semidesperation[…]1858, Biddulph Warner, The coquette, page 6:
- 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.2009 June 7, Emily Bazelon, “The Self-Employed Depression”, in New York Times: