analphabetic
not alphabetic: an analphabetic arrangement of letters.
unable to read or write; illiterate: analphabetic peoples.
Phonetics. of or constituting a system of phonetic transcription, as the one devised by Otto Jespersen, that for each sound indicates by separate sets of symbols the articulator, the point of articulation, and the size and shape of the mouth opening.
an illiterate person; analphabet.
Origin of analphabetic
1Words Nearby analphabetic
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British Dictionary definitions for analphabetic
/ (ˌænælfəˈbɛtɪk, ænˌæl-) /
not in alphabetical order
a less common word for illiterate
Origin of analphabetic
1Derived forms of analphabetic
- analphabetically, adverb
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