functional illiteratenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/us/ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət/mainly US specializedsomeone who is able to live and possibly work in society, but who cannot read and write
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Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- greenhorn
- in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king idiom
- know
- laywoman
- lightweight
- neophyte
- newcomer
- not know the meaning of the word idiom
- rookie
- stranger
- the blind leading the blind idiom
- the uninitiated
- tyro
- upstart
- virgin
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functional illiteracy
noun [ U ] ukus
There's a high rate of functional illiteracy here.