Illiterate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪˈlɪtərət|
Brit.
|ɪˈlɪt(ə)rət|
noun
- a person unable to read
adjective
- uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field (syn: ignorant)
he is musically illiterate
Extra examples
She didn't want anyone to know that she was illiterate.
She is politically illiterate and has never voted in an election.
He's illiterate when it comes to computers.
She had to teach a class of illiterates.
It was an illiterate letter, full of mistakes.
Martin is not illiterate but I think close to it. I never saw him read a newspaper, for instance.
I'm disturbed that so many of the students appear to be illiterate.
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