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1. (adj.) illiterate
unable to read and write.
2. illiterate
having or demonstrating little education.
3. illiterate
showing lack of culture.
4. illiterate
displaying a marked lack of knowledge in a particular field:
musically illiterate.
5. (n.) illiterate
an illiterate person.
Etymology: (1550–60; < L illiterātus)
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| Definition of 'illiterate' |
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1. (adj) illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader
a person unable to read
2. (adj) illiterate
not able to read or write
3. (adj) ignorant, illiterate
uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
"she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
4. (adj) illiterate
lacking culture, especially in language and literature
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1. (adjective) illiterate
not able to read or write
an illiterate population
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| Definition of 'illiterate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) illiterate
ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people
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Sense: unable to read and write.
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 Afrikaans: ongeletterd |
 Arabic: أُمّـي، لا يَعْرِف القِرا |
 Bulgarian: неграмотен |
 Brazilian: analfabeto |
 Czech: negramotný |
 German: analphabetisch |
 Danish: analfabet |
 Greek: αναλφάβητος |
 Spanish: analfabeto |
 Estonian: kirjaoskamatu |
 Farsi: بی سواد |
 Finnish: lukutaidoton |
 French: illettré |
 Hebrew: אַנאַלפַבֵּית |
 Hindi: अशिक्षित |
 Croatian: nepismen |
 Hungarian: írástudatlan |
 Indonesian: buta huruf |
 Icelandic: ólæs og óskrifandi |
 Italian: analfabeta |
 Japanese: 文盲の |
 Korean: 읽고 쓸 줄 모르는 |
 Lithuanian: neraštingas |
 Latvian: analfabētisks |
 Malay: buta huruf |
 Dutch: analfabeet |
 Norwegian: som ikke kan lese og skri |
 Polish: niepiśmienny |
 Persian: بی سواد |
 Pashto: بی سواد |
 Portuguese: analfabeto |
 Romanian: analfabet |
 Russian: неграмотный |
 Slovak: negramotný |
 Slovenian: nepismen |
 Serbian: nepismen |
 Swedish: analfabet |
 Thai: ซึ่งอ่านไม่ออกเขียนไม่ได้ |
 Turkish: okuması yazması olmayan |
 Taiwanese: 文盲的 |
 Ukrainian: неписьменний; безграмотни |
 Urdu: ناخواندہ |
 Vietnamese: mù chữ |
 Chinese: 文盲的 |
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