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illiteracy

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

Is it laziness, illiteracy or the ultimate flex?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

In other words, it’s not true at all and is almost entirely the product of media incompetence and public illiteracy.

From Salon • May 25, 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

If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy, and disease could be eliminated within a few generations.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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