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
Rendered on the page in glyph-laden phonetic spellings that are apt to confound the unlettered, these words take wing when released into sound.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Hamer’s unlettered style sometimes embarrassed her allies, but it also made her a symbol of authentic grass-roots activism.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021
In this tribal village, most parents are unlettered and unable to help their young children study at home.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2021
Again I would read and wonder as only the naive and unlettered can read and wonder, feeling that I carried a secret, criminal burden about with me each day.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing unlettered
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Henry V
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