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What is another word for illiterate?

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Adjective

Unable to read or write, or not educated in general

Ignorant in a particular subject or activity

In violation of the rules and conventions of language and grammar

Not having been trained in a particular skill

Lacking class or refinement in one's manner or behavior

A person who lacks sense or judgment

A crude, uncouth and uncultured person

Inadequate reading and writing skills

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Adjective

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Unable to read or write, or not educated in general

“How does one teach an illiterate teenager to read and write?”

Adjective

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Ignorant in a particular subject or activity

unable to read and write

not the full shilling

thick as two short planks

pig-ignorant

as thick as two short planks

wet behind the ears

as green as grass

dead from the neck up

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

mediaeval^UK

medieval^US

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“Couple a scientifically illiterate public with activist groups well-versed in scare tactics and what do you get?”

Adjective

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In violation of the rules and conventions of language and grammar

“Using illiterate phrasing would have been a simple way to cover the sender's tracks.”

Adjective

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Not having been trained in a particular skill

generalized^US

generalised^UK

like a babe in the woods

in the springtime of life

readily swallowing whole

falling hook line and sinker

unable to read and write

conjectural

unessayed

prototype

in the experimental stage

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Adjective

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Lacking class or refinement in one's manner or behavior

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

ill-humored^US

lacking in social graces

like a bull in a china shop

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A person who lacks sense or judgment

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Noun

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A crude, uncouth and uncultured person

unsophisticated person

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Inadequate reading and writing skills

functional illiteracy

reading and writing deficiency

inability to read or write

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