illiterate
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3.7
- adjective
- /ɪˈlɪtərət/
:
analfabeto
- Despite growing up in an illiterate household, she is determined to pursue her education.
- functionally illiterate
- illiterate adults
- illiterate population
Not in movies 'cause he's illiterate, he can't read.
- Not in movies 'cause he's illiterate, he can't read.
- So the really important thing is that one not remain illiterate.
- Whether you're some illiterate peasant, you can be brought to literacy and educated about, you know, the social policy and what's rational.
Examples
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Formed in 1972, SEWA is a trade union that reaches out to poor, illiterate, self-employed women who are economically active.
Academic text (1997) -
Over half had received no formal education and were illiterate in their native language.
Academic text (2011) -
-All of them fresh from Ireland, all of them illiterate.
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The vast majority, and almost all of the women, were illiterate in both Spanish and Arabic.
Academic text (1995) -
A large portion of the population in Iran was illiterate, and few had access to mass communication devices.
Academic text (1995) -
The patients presenting to the hospital were mainly refugees, poor, illiterate, and unemployed.
Academic text (1996) -
Illiterate they may be, but they're not blind.
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In 1960, Latin America was 70 percent illiterate; now it is 70 percent literate.
Academic text (1999) -
In a country where the majority of the people are illiterate, this will be tantamount to an indirect disenfranchisement.
Academic text (1990) -
Many children in the rural community are illiterate and cannot read the signs in their school.
Synonyms
1
8.9
People who cannot read or write
Unable to read or write
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.6
A person who can read and write only a little and cannot fill in basic forms
How Literate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Illiterate has the pieces in- 'not' and liter- 'letter', a root you find in literature. So to be illiterate is to be unable to read or write.