Semiprivate

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients. not-comparable

    "Since there were few semiprivate sociopetal spaces or other facilities that could promote the formation of a social order, the informal social networks found in lower class neighborhoods didn’t develop."

Adjective
  1. 1
    confined to a small number of hospital patients wordnet

Synonyms

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private

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"Since there were few semiprivate sociopetal spaces or other facilities that could promote the formation of a social order, the informal social networks found in lower class neighborhoods didn’t develop."

Etymology

From semi- + private.

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