il·lit·er·ate  /ɪˈlɪtərət/

noun

1. a person unable to read

synset: illiterate, illiterate_person, nonreader

adj

1. not able to read or write

synset: illiterate

antonym: 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"

synset: ignorant, illiterate

3. lacking culture, especially in language and literature

synset: illiterate

antonym: literate

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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