Meanings of preliterate in English

And these ploughboys of yours, in their preliterate condition?

That dumb old stupid piss-ant preliterate asshole of a simple-minded custodian didn't hurt us, did he?

Yes, many preliterate kids send emoji-only text messages, and ages three to five seems to be the peak time for them.

All studies of preliterate societies done before national governments were able to impose their laws upon them revealed routinely high levels of violence.

It is retarding him to a past older than his own - a preliterate past which can't encompass even the game of straws.