Advertisement
Advertisement
inerudite
adjective as in illiterate
adjective as in uneducated
Example Sentences
Inerudite, in-er′ū-dīt, adj. not erudite: unlearned.
Forty-eight square miles of good sound fame your not inerudite correspondent can conscientiously lay claim to; and although there is, with regret I admit it, a considerable portion of the square superficies alluded to, waste and uncultivated moor, yet I can say, wid that racy touch of genial and expressive pride which distinguishes men of letters in general, that the other portions of this fine district are inhabited by a multitudinity of population in the highest degree creditable to the prolific powers of the climate.
Will-o'-the-wisp, Jack-with-a-lantern, decoy. ignoble, a. humble, plebeian, untitled; base, dishonorable, low. ignominious, a. dishonorable, shameful, infamous, disreputable. ignominy, n. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, obloquy, shame, humiliation. ignoramus, n. dunce, illiterate, sciolist, wiseacre, dullard, simpleton. ignorance, n. illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience; quackery, charlatanry. ignorant, a. illiterate, inerudite unenlightened, uninformed, unlearned, untaught, uneducated, unlettered, nescient; quackish, charlatanic.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse