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[ ih-lit-er-it ] / ɪˈlɪt ər ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR illiterate ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunable to read and write: an illiterate group. having or demonstrating very little or no education. showing lack of culture, especially in language and literature. displaying a marked lack of knowledge in a particular field: He is musically illiterate. Origin of illiterateFirst recorded in 1550–60, illiterate is from the Latin word illiterātus unlettered. See il-2, literate synonym study for illiterate1. See ignorant. OTHER WORDS FROM illiterateil·lit·er·ate·ly, adverbil·lit·er·ate·ness, nounsem·i-il·lit·er·ate, adjectivesem·i-il·lit·er·ate·ly, adverb sem·i-il·lit·er·ate·ness, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH illiterateilliterate , innumerateWords nearby illiterateIllinois Waterway, ill-intentioned, illiquid, illite, illiteracy, illiterate, illiterati, ill-judged, ill-kempt, ill-looking, ill-mannered Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for illiterateHer mother was illiterate, but she secured a tutor for both her sons and her daughters, and Juana could read by the age of 3. Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST An ICRW survey in Afghanistan in 2010 found that 71 percent of parents who married off their daughters were illiterate. The Sad Hidden Plight of Child Grooms|Nina Strochlic|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Keep in mind that in Nigeria, 51 percent of the 170 million people are illiterate. How We Stop the Next Boko Haram|Dean Obeidallah|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Nightman Cometh An illiterate janitor writes a musical to woo a woman who has a restraining order against him. Why ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Is Funny: An Examination of Scenes, Stripped of Context|Caitlin Dickson|November 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for illiterate
adjectiveunable to read and write violating accepted standards in reading and writingan illiterate scrawl uneducated, ignorant, or unculturedscientifically illiterate Derived forms of illiterateilliteracy or illiterateness, nounilliterately, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to illiterateuneducated, ignorant, unenlightened, ungrammatical, unlearned, unschooled, untaught, benighted, uninstructed, catachrestic, solecistic, unlettered, unread, untutored |