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illiterate
[ilit′ərit]
unable to read and write.


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either literately, with upwards inflection, or illiterately, by a government minister who cannot write English, we shouldn't nod empathetically but try honesty.
Quizzical ignorance by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Indeed, if I went through the dictionary on purpose to stain every word with me, and Powerpointed the resulting story to seminars on lexicography ("CLEUGH I illiterately mispronounced, NOUP I wrote in exams, under-prepared, PORRET accompanied a cheque that bounced, DRAN and I've just now realized why she glared"), the words I'd left unstained would make the thing so gappy as to be embarrassing.
Blurts by Baker, Aidan / Verbatim
 
 
 
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