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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Illiterate \Il*lit"er*ate\, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not + literatus learned. See {In-} not and {Literal}.] Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as an illiterate man, or people. Syn: Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See {Ignorant}. -- {Il*lit"er*ate*ly}, adv -- {Il*lit"er*ate*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: illiterate adj 1: not able to read or write [ant: {literate}] 2: ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically illiterate" [syn: {ignorant}] n : a person unable to read [syn: {illiterate person}, {analphabetic}]
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