Illiterate - Definition

illiterate

adj 1: not able to read or write [ant: literate]
2: 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"
[syn: ignorant, illiterate]
3: lacking culture, especially in language and literature [ant:
literate]
n 1: a person unable to read [syn: illiterate, illiterate
person, nonreader]

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