illiterate
Example Sentences
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“Without laborers,” she writes, “who were often illiterate and almost never speak for themselves in historical texts—there would have been no Mughal Empire.”
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
As the conversation gets rolling, she digs into her roots, explaining that her maternal grandmother was an illiterate indentured servant.
"Digital technology is an opportunity we cannot miss," she said, warning that "those who do not adapt risk becoming the illiterate of the 21st century".
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
