illiterate
Example Sentences
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Because so many incoming students were numerically illiterate, the university added a remedial class for middle- and elementary-school math.
They want illiterate, groveling serfs, who live in fear and don’t stick around too long.
From Salon
In addition to convincing millions that pseudoscience is the real deal, these interest groups confuse the issue for millions of other well-intentioned but scientifically illiterate Americans.
From Salon
The wife, who is often illiterate, is kept under constant surveillance to keep control over her, damaging her psychologically.
From New York Times
Many of the elderly are illiterate, and speak only Ixil or little Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times
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