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  • adjective Somewhat plausible.

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ plausible

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Examples

  • Put enough semiplausible scenarios out there and it becomes almost impossible to conclude that there isn't reasonable doubt.

    Hi-Ya! Jason Henry McCormick 2010

  • Put enough semiplausible scenarios out there and it becomes almost impossible to conclude that there isn't reasonable doubt.

    The Beach House Patterson, James, 1947- 2002

  • He needs the irrational, undefinable slogans of altruism and collectivism to give a semiplausible form to his nameless urge and anchor it to reality'to support his own self-deception more than to deceive his victims.

    The Virtue of Selfishness Rand, Ayn 1961

  • 'intensive continuity' - out of the abstract hall-of-mirrors universe of intra-CIA skulduggery and into a semiplausible world of international tension.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

  • 'intensive continuity' - out of the abstract hall-of-mirrors universe of intra-CIA skulduggery and into a semiplausible world of international tension.

    GreenCine Daily 2009

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