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functional illiterate

noun

  1. a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.

functional illiterate

noun

  1. a person whose literacy is insufficient for most work and normal daily situations

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Derived Forms

  • functional illiteracy, noun

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Other Words From

  • functional illiteracy noun
  • functionally illiterate adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of functional illiterate1

First recorded in 1945–50

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