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illiterateness
il·lit·er·ate I0036300 (ĭ-lĭt′ər-ĭt)adj.1. a. Unable to read and write.b. Having little or no formal education.2. a. Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature: an illiterate magazine.b. Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing: a paragraph with several illiterate expressions.3. Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge: musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.n.1. A person who is illiterate.2. (used with a pl. verb) People who are illiterate, considered as a group. [Middle English, from Latin illīterātus : in-, not; see in-1 + līterātus, literate; see literate.] il·lit′er·ate·ly adv.il·lit′er·ate·ness n.ThesaurusilliteratenessnounThe condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learning:benightedness, ignorance, illiteracy, nescience.TranslationsMedicalSeeilliterateLegalSeeIlliterateilliterateness Related to illiterateness: illiterate personSynonyms for illiteratenessnoun the condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learningSynonyms- benightedness
- ignorance
- illiteracy
- nescience
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