Il·lit·er·ate a. Unable to read or write; 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.
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