unlettered
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At the remove of 2½ centuries, that concern seems quaint, for today the real question may be whether the country can prosper if its citizens are ignorant and unlettered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
In this tribal village, most parents are unlettered and unable to help their young children study at home.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2021
He was not an unlettered man: In his years at school, Calhoun had written a master’s thesis on the historiography of Napoleon’s peninsular war and had attended a law seminar in Belgium.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2021
In one indelible review, the conservative critic Hilton Kramer lamented the “spectacle of mandarin sensibilities masquerading as unlettered but lyrical stumblebums.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020
“Whut Ah don’t lak ’bout de man is, he talks tuh unlettered folks wid books in his jaws,” Hicks complained.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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