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
He is illiterate, he said, “but I know the flavors in my mind.”
From New York Times
In his Feb. 25 annual letter to shareholders, Buffett defended buybacks, calling someone who views all repurchases as harmful "an economic illiterate or a silver-tongued demagogue."
From Reuters
While Biden didn't call for an end to buybacks, Buffett said those who do are "either an economic illiterate or a silver-tongued demagogue."
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
