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illiterate

adjective as in unable to read well; lacking education

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That’s especially true when an economically illiterate news media stokes consumer fears.

But Mr Randel said too many pupils in Wales ended up being "functionally illiterate" and many could not access other subjects properly because of poor reading skills.

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In a “grief illiterate” society, there are a lot of common misconceptions about loss, said Stephanie Weil, a clinical social worker who has worked with parents who have lost children.

Just for good measure, he described the country's senior jurists as "peasants" and labelled their judgement "illiterate".

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Ethel Waters in 1949 became the second Black performer to score an Oscar nomination as an illiterate Southern laundress in “Pinky.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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