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Meanings of illiterate in English
Portuguese
analfabeto Spanish
analfabeto Lacking culture, especially in language and literature.
Usage of illiterate in English
1
Indeed, we are almost illiterate when it comes to matters of faith.
2
The southern Italians, who are the most illiterate, produce the most pauperism.
3
Meanwhile, one-third of all 15-year-olds nationwide are functionally illiterate, the report said.
4
It revealed that 25 per cent of Irish adults are functionally illiterate.
5
In many States, assistance is rendered to the illiterate or the blind.
6
He was eminently illiterate; wrote bad English and spelled it still worse.
7
But every so often, a spellwright and an illiterate produce a child.
8
But with the illiterate and the rustic no such process is possible.
9
In this way they have attracted enthusiasts, women, and the illiterate generally.
10
The entire transaction is illiterate: selection is made by clicking an image.
11
Sexually, the literate Japanese are no less daring than the illiterate Americans.
12
The poet may be an inspired illiterate, the romance-writer an uninspired hack.
13
They did not fry doughnuts and write letters home for the illiterate.
14
They realize that they could never control any but an illiterate population.
15
The insurgency was largely illiterate, most fighters could not read or write.
16
Distorted and crude as it often was, it was never positively illiterate.
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Illiterate across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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