illiterate
adjective
unable to read and write.
illiterates
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pluralof illiterate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Carlson at one point complained about “the illiterates posing as political analysts on your TV,” presumably on rival networks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
The unintended consequences of do-goodism by cultural illiterates.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
“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
The number of illiterates arrested in Europe is less, proportionally, than that of educated individuals.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Gina Lombroso
