"semicontroversial" meaning in English

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          "text": "Never mind the semicontroversial \"Stop Snitching\" T-shirts, where the threatening command not to talk to the police is inscribed within a red octagon.",
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          "ref": "2015 January 26, Michael Barbaro, “A Radio Host’s Strategy for Christie: Let Him Rant”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "He thinks like a politician, and he thinks like a lawyer. So the governor in particular is very careful about parsing his words, especially if we’re talking about a political issue that’s being negotiated in the Legislature, talking about things connected to Bridgegate, things that are semicontroversial.",
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