illiterate
IPA: ɪɫˈɪtɝʌt
noun
- An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.
- A person ignorant about a given subject.
adjective
- Unable to read and write.
- Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
- Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
- Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.
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Examples of "illiterate" in Sentences
- Most of the people are illiterate.
- The article is scientifically illiterate.
- Illiterate ignoramuses revising the page
- In 1925, the population was largely illiterate and disparate.
- About half the adult population of the country is illiterate.
- He is illiterate and belongs to a village in the suburbs of the city.
- Most of the people involved in the agriculture industry are illiterate.
- In the countryside, a massive proportion of the populace are illiterate.
- Do you believe the majority of the people in these countries are illiterate
- He appeared ignorant of the very rudiments of statecraft and almost illiterate.