What is the meaning of illiterate?

noun

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"
  • Lacking culture, especially in language and literature. .
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