unlettered

[ uhn-let-erd ]

/ ʌnˈlɛt ərd /

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adjective

not educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant.

not literate; illiterate.

not marked with letters, as a tombstone.

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Origin of unlettered

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at un-¹, lettered

synonym study for unlettered

1. See ignorant.

Words nearby unlettered

unlearnt, unleash, unleavened, unless, unlessoned, unlettered, unlevel, unlicensed, unlicked, unlike, unlikelihood

How to use unlettered in a sentence

Hamer’s unlettered style sometimes embarrassed her allies, but it also made her a symbol of authentic grass-roots activism.
What Fannie Lou Hamer can teach today’s activists|Kenneth Mack|November 19, 2021|Washington Post
In the novel, Newton takes up with a frumpy, unlettered Kentucky woman well into middle age.
‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ Is a Classic Twice over—as a Movie and a Novel|Malcolm Jones|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were not designed via the epiphany of an unlettered Russian sergeant at a workbench, as fables would have it.
The Story of Saddam's Gun Collection|C.J. Chivers|October 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The humblest of unlettered peasants can teach the highest genius something useful.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford

Of that portion, rather than the portion to the left which is unlettered?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
For that unlettered land it was a mansion, with its two-story height and painted weather-boarding.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
It may be said of such an one that he is a man unlettered, having little Latin and of Greek no whit.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
Even unlettered Machiavellis must have their flashes of inspiration, premonition, "hunch," or whatever you may choose to call it.
A Pagan of the Hills|Charles Neville Buck

British Dictionary definitions for unlettered

unlettered

/ (ʌnˈlɛtəd) /

adjective

uneducated; illiterate

not marked with lettersan unlettered tombstone

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unlettered

Origin of unlettered

synonym study for unlettered

Words nearby unlettered

Words related to unlettered

How to use unlettered in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for unlettered