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nouna person unable to read
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"he is musically illiterate"adjectiveuneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
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adjectivenot able to read or writeOpposite:
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lacking culture, especially in language and literatureOpposite:
Definition that contains illiterate
- haiti a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- analphabet an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
- grandfather clause an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy; used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War
- analphabetic an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
- republic of haiti a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere