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illiterate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'illiterate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Illiterate [ a.]
- Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Meaning of 'illiterate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . illiterate [ s]
Meaning (1):
- uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
Example in sentence:
  • he is musically illiterate;
  • she is ignorant of quantum mechanics