Portuguese
analfabeto Spanish
analfabeto Lacking culture, especially in language and literature.
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The defender is ignorant of the strength or direction of the attack.
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They were the most ignorant of peoples; they became the most wise.
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Of the natural history of the kangaroo we are still very ignorant.
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The western world is ignorant of the strength of Jewry in Poland.
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The shepherds in the Mysore country are very ignorant and very superstitious.
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Indeed, we are almost illiterate when it comes to matters of faith.
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The southern Italians, who are the most illiterate, produce the most pauperism.
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Meanwhile, one-third of all 15-year-olds nationwide are functionally illiterate, the report said.
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It revealed that 25 per cent of Irish adults are functionally illiterate.
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In many States, assistance is rendered to the illiterate or the blind.
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He was eminently illiterate; wrote bad English and spelled it still worse.
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But every so often, a spellwright and an illiterate produce a child.
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But with the illiterate and the rustic no such process is possible.
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In this way they have attracted enthusiasts, women, and the illiterate generally.
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The entire transaction is illiterate: selection is made by clicking an image.
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Sexually, the literate Japanese are no less daring than the illiterate Americans.
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The poet may be an inspired illiterate, the romance-writer an uninspired hack.
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They did not fry doughnuts and write letters home for the illiterate.
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They realize that they could never control any but an illiterate population.
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The insurgency was largely illiterate, most fighters could not read or write.
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Distorted and crude as it often was, it was never positively illiterate.
