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Unable to read and write.
(adjective)
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Having little or no formal education.
(adjective)
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Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature.
(adjective)
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Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing.
(adjective)
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Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge: musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.
(adjective)
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