analphabetic
Collocations
2VERB + ANALPHABETIC
speaking
PREP.
from
Definitions
adj
(of symbols) Not alphabetic.
(of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book. Not quite any book, however, for the book-wallah, though analphabetic, had learned to recognize and refuse a Bible.
noun
An illiterate person.
At press conferences you hear a visiting statesman so eloquent in his own language—and then suddenly he tries a few words in French...an idiot speaking, an analphabetic from some wretched forgotten hamlet learning to read at the age of seventy.—
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Synonyms
noun — an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
adjective — having little acquaintance with writing
- unlettered
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Example Bank
2His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book. Not quite any book, however, for the book-wallah, though analphabetic, had learned to recognize
WiktionaryAt press conferences you hear a visiting statesman so eloquent in his own language—and then suddenly he tries a few words in French...an idiot speaking, an analphabetic from some wretched forgotten ha
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