illiteracy

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After confessing his illiteracy on TikTok, a fitness influencer discovered that his online audience was ready to help him learn to read.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

That is, it's the product of media incompetence and public illiteracy.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

She fears that the absence of this support, due to fear and lack of funds, could increase rates of illiteracy.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

In a lesser-known history, the federal government helped bring public education to Southern white children, whose illiteracy rates prior to Reconstruction were five times as high as in the North.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

I have often reread my early progress reports and seen the illiteracy, the childish nai'vet^, the mind of low intelligence peering from a dark room, through the keyhole, at the dazzling light outside.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes