- illiterate adj
- Those who write about disease become illiterate.
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illiterate adj
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illiterate — (adj.) early 15c., uneducated, unable to read (originally of Latin), from L. illiteratus unlearned, unlettered, ignorant; without culture, inelegant, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + literatus, lit. furnished… … Etymology dictionary
illiterate — adj unlettered, uneducated, untaught, *ignorant, untutored, unlearned Antonyms: literate Contrasted words: taught, instructed, educated, schooled (see TEACH) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
illiterate — [adj] unable to read well; lacking education benighted, catachrestic, ignorant, inerudite, solecistic, uneducated, unenlightened, ungrammatical, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored; concept 402 Ant. able,… … New thesaurus
illiterate — [i lit′ər it] adj. [L illiteratus, unlettered: see IN 2 & LITERATE] 1. ignorant; uneducated; esp., not knowing how to read or write 2. having or showing limited knowledge, experience, or culture, esp. in some particular field [musically… … English World dictionary
illiterate — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ completely, totally ▪ almost, largely, virtually ▪ … Collocations dictionary
illiterate — adj. & n. adj. 1 unable to read. 2 uneducated. n. an illiterate person. Derivatives: illiteracy n. illiterately adv. illiterateness n. Etymology: L illitteratus (as IN (1), litteratus LITERATE) … Useful english dictionary
illiterate — adj unlettered, unalphabetic, unlearned, unschooled, uninstructed, untaught, uneducated; unenlightened, benighted, nescient, in the dark; ignorant, unversed, uninformed, unscholarly … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
illiterate — [[t]ɪlɪ̱tərət[/t]] illiterates 1) ADJ Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write. A large percentage of the population is illiterate. N COUNT An illiterate is someone who is illiterate. ...an educational centre for illiterates.… … English dictionary
illiterate — il|lit|e|rate1 [ıˈlıtərıt] adj 1.) someone who is illiterate has not learned to read or write 2.) badly written, in an uneducated way ▪ It was an illiterate letter, full of mistakes. 3.) economically/politically/scientifically etc illiterate… … Dictionary of contemporary English
illiterate — illiterately, adv. illiterateness, n. /i lit euhr it/, adj. 1. unable to read and write: an illiterate group. 2. having or demonstrating very little or no education. 3. showing lack of culture, esp. in language and literature. 4. displaying a… … Universalium
