illiterate

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  1. adjective Unable to read and write.
  2. adjective Having little or no formal education.
  3. adjective Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature.
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  • For adults who find themselves illiterate, there is hope. —  Daily Toreador
  • The move is designed and guaranteed to make her look stupid, illiterate, and obscure. —  LewRockwell.com Blog
  • You are telling me that a bunch of economically-illiterate, soap-dodging arsewipes are now representative of the whole country, are you? —  The Devil's Kitchen
  • Liz Madjlesi, director of the Northwest Alabama Reading Aides, said 25 percent of Alabamians - or one in four people - are illiterate, which is above the national average of 20 percent illiteracy among adults. —  news | FT | http://www.timesdaily.com
  • What we are learning is that he is illiterate, as in his inability to properly read the word derisive from his teleprompter this weekend and in saying he didn't know how to say something in "Austrian". —  Latest Articles
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin illīterātus : in-, not; see in-1 + līterātus, literate; see literate.

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  1. = French illettré = Spanish iliterato = Portuguese illiterato = Italian illetterato, from Latin illiteratus, inliteratus, more correctly illitteratus, inlitteratus, unlettered, uneducated, from in- privative + literatus, litteratus, lettered, educated: see literate.
 

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