functional illiterate
noun
a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.
functional illiteracy
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a word derived from
functional illiterate.
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a word derived from
functionally illiterate.
functionally illiterateadjectivebeing a functional illiterate; having some schooling but unable to read and write well enough for everyday needs.
Example Sentences
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Such a measure of functional illiteracy, say Barnes and other experts, would be even more disheartening.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the functional illiteracy rate in the U.S. estimated possibly as high as 25%, President Nixon last year proclaimed the 1970s as the "Right to Read" decade.
From Time Magazine Archive
Historic and systematic aspects of functional illiteracy, as well as language degradation, are minimally addressed.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
