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illiteracy

[ih-lit-er-uh-see] / ɪˈlɪt ər ə si /
NOUN
inability to read or write
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STRONGEST
STRONG


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He referred to a 10-point plan that Caribbean nations have put to European nations, including international debt cancellation, as well as support for healthcare and illiteracy eradication.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

This included asking for a full formal apology, cancelling foreign debts and investment to tackle illiteracy and public health issues.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

As a tribute to her father, who suffered all his life from illiteracy, she founded the Imagination Library, which provides free books to children from birth until the time they enter school.

From Salon Jan. 19, 2026

Her Imagination Library, inspired by her belief that her father had been “crippled” by illiteracy, has reportedly distributed some 300 million books to children.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

The only illiteracy with apostrophes that stirs any sympathy in me is the greengrocer’s variety.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

Oborne and Roberts usefully memorialise Trump at his most naively tawdry, and preserve some treasurable illiteracies.

From The Guardian Nov. 1, 2020

Particularly as they addressed themselves to missionaries, they wished to warn them away from such illiteracies as might undermine their capacities to propagate the faith.

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear




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