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functional illiteracy

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functional illiterate

 
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1945–50

Related forms:
functional illiteracy, noun
functionally illiterate, adjective
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