illiterates
- plural of illiterate.
Example Sentences
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“In history, our leaders were poets and scholars, but when Russia invaded, warlords and illiterates emerged in power,” said Qudratullah Zaki, 45, an ethnic Uzbek legislator and an ally of Ghani.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2016
Thus, contract laborers were excluded in 1885, immoral persons and anarchists in 1903, and illiterates in 1917.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
Female illiteracy levels in India are high; indeed it is estimated that there are more female illiterates in India than in the rest of the world combined.
From Forbes • Feb. 23, 2015
It covers grammar, because all that texting is causing us to become a country of unemployable illiterates.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2014
Elementary education is compulsory, illiterates numbering about 3 per cent.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
