illiterate
16
4.8
- adjective
- /ɪˈlɪtərət/
:
ignorante
- Yeah, I'm so computer illiterate.
- physically illiterate
- scientifically illiterate
- feel illiterate
So it is factually illiterate to say this.
- So it is factually illiterate to say this.
- Lewis paints Windrup as vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar, easily detected and in his ideas, almost idiotic.
- And yeah, I would say that most people are illiterate when it comes to beginning to understand how their lives are impacting them from an overall stress standpoint.
- He went to prison for selling millions and millions worth of drugs, illiterate.
Examples
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Aboriginal scholars have challenged the ways Native people are depicted as illiterate and therefore nonhistorical.
Academic text (2009) -
Considering their backgrounds, we know these females are mostly illiterate and thus have no formal education.
Blog text (4) -
As in Kentucky, I felt that most considered themselves to be computer illiterate.
Academic text (1994) -
One cannot be a literate American if one is illiterate regarding the nation's music.
Academic text (1994) -
According to numerous polls from the past twenty years, the majority of Americans are geographically illiterate.
Academic text (2007) -
Unfortunately, substantial evidence exists to indicate that Americans in general are place illiterate and ignorant of basic geographical knowledge.
Academic text (1990) -
I may be illiterate, but I'm not stupid.
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The larger society that results, often described as scientifically illiterate, regards this elite group with great ambivalence, almost like a priesthood.
Academic text (2001) -
If you're having trouble understanding Mr. Coogin's brilliant reading of the soliloquy from Richard III, please take advantage of the handy subtitles for the culturally illiterate.
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Many adults in the community are illiterate and struggle to fill out job applications.
Synonyms
367
3.7
Not knowing about something or how it works
96
4.3
Not knowing about a subject or how to do something
56
2.8
A person who has little or no schooling
42
3.7
Not knowing about a subject or situation
8
8.0
People who do not know about a subject or activity
6
7.0
Not knowing or understanding important information
4
4.2
Not having enough schooling to learn basic reading and math
3
5.5
A person who has no formal education
2
8.2
Cannot read or write well enough to do everyday tasks
1
8.9
People who cannot read or write
1
6.8
A person who has not had school or lessons
1
7.1
Not knowing much about a subject
1
7.7
A person with little education or knowledge about a subject
1
6.8
Not having much knowledge of a subject
1
8.4
Not having much experience or knowledge about a subject
Someone who has no training or basic knowledge about a subject
Not familiar with a subject or its details
Antonyms
Compounds
1
7.6
A person who can read and write only a little and cannot fill in basic forms
How Knowledgeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Illiterate later came to be used more widely: if you are illiterate about a topic you 'do not know the letters' of it, meaning you lack the basic knowledge. That's why the word can describe someone who has little education or skill in a particular area.