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illiteracy

[ih-lit-er-uh-see] / ɪˈlɪt ər ə si /
NOUN
inability to read or write
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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The program is rooted in a childhood of poverty and illiteracy — roots that those who knew Parton said she never denied or abandoned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He referred to a 10-point plan that Caribbean nations have put to European nations, including international debt cancellation, as well as support for healthcare and illiteracy eradication.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

This included asking for a full formal apology, cancelling foreign debts and investment to tackle illiteracy and public health issues.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

If this isn’t done we will continue to have high levels of illiteracy at the secondary level and in adulthood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

As a former educator, Garfield decried the nation's high rate of illiteracy, particularly in the South, revealed by questions in the 1880 census asking if a person could read and write.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Oborne and Roberts usefully memorialise Trump at his most naively tawdry, and preserve some treasurable illiteracies.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2020

Particularly as they addressed themselves to missionaries, they wished to warn them away from such illiteracies as might undermine their capacities to propagate the faith.

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear




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