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catachrestic

ADJECTIVE

illiterate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant uneducated

WEAK

benighted inerudite solecistic unenlightened ungrammatical uninstructed unlearned unlettered unread unschooled untaught untutored

Antonyms

STRONGEST

educated intelligent

WEAK

able learned literate taught

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Catachresis, incorrect use of a word: My catachrestic family!

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018

OED notices this catachrestic form of "beatified" 32: All-be-devill'd Paper.

From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Jones, Harold Whitmore

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