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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

"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 • Oct. 9, 2025

Over a third of lower-caste Indians are illiterate, compared to roughly a fifth on average.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025

People have published financial advice for generations, but vertical video apps have empowered financially illiterate creators to push their ideas directly to other financially illiterate users.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2024

For an illiterate immigrant who came to New York years ago with nothing but $100 in his pocket and a willingness to work etched on his heart, could any words have been sweeter to say?

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times