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51functional illiterate — func′tional illit′erate n. soc a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs • Etymology: 1945–50 func′tional illit′eracy, n.… …
52semi-illiterate — adj.; semi illiterately, adv.; semi illiterateness, n …
53illit. — illiterate …
54Illiterately — Illiterate Il*lit er*ate, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il not + literatus learned. See {In } not, and {Literal}.] Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. Syn:… …
55Illiterateness — Illiterate Il*lit er*ate, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il not + literatus learned. See {In } not, and {Literal}.] Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. Syn:… …
56innumerate — illiterate, innumerate Illiterate (16c) means ‘unable to read or write’ or ‘poorly educated’; innumerate (20c) means ‘having no knowledge of or aptitude for the principles of mathematics’. The corresponding positive forms literate and numerate… …
57illiteracy — illiterate ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to read or write. 2) ignorant in a particular subject or activity; politically illiterate. DERIVATIVES illiteracy noun illiterately adverb …
58illiterately — illiterate ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to read or write. 2) ignorant in a particular subject or activity; politically illiterate. DERIVATIVES illiteracy noun illiterately adverb …
59unliterate — Illiterate. I can t read or write nuthin ; therefore, I m unliterate …
60unliterate — Illiterate. I can t read or write nuthin ; therefore, I m unliterate …
