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illiteracy

[ih-lit-er-uh-see] / ɪˈlɪt ər ə si /
NOUN
inability to read or write
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Illiteracy is high in The Gambia so a unique voting system involving marbles is used.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021

Illiteracy remains an entrenched problem in parts of the country.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2017

Salon reached out to John Allen Paulos, the prominent mathematician and author of “Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences,” requesting a comment on the controversy.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2016

"Illiteracy in Britain should be something our schoolchildren know only from the pages of their history books," says Dinsmore.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2014

Grouped by Illiteracy But let us carry our imagination a little further.

From Aliens or Americans? by Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin)




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