innumerate
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- innumeracy noun
Etymology
Origin of innumerate
Example Sentences
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This one any innumerate person can understand: The injury rate in the NFL is 100 percent.
From Washington Post
Answer Man is innumerate in all major numbering systems — Roman, Arabic, hexadecimal — and not so hot in Latin, either.
From Washington Post
To some degree, I think all of us as just a species, we’re a little bit innumerate as it relates to big numbers.
From The Verge
“People are becoming illiterate and innumerate in terms of what they know and how they can act as citizens in a democracy.”
From Washington Post
Numerate people often become innumerate when they’re faced with those numbers in that context.
From The Verge
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