noun
- A person unable to read.
- synonyms: illiterate person, nonreader
adjective
- Not able to read or write.
- Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field.
- usage: "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
- synonyms: ignorant
- Lacking culture, especially in language and literature. .
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