illiterate
/ɪˈlɪtəɹət/ noun C2- An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.
- A person ignorant about a given subject. (The relevant subject is usually named as a noun adjunct.) · Their government is run by business illiterates.· Sometimes a mathematical illiterate is called an innumerate.
Plural illiterates
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Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society; the greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and miserly father; and though he belonged to one of the universities, he had merely kept the necessary terms without forming at it any useful acquaintance.
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