illiteracy
Use Illiteracy in a sentence
ər noun, plural il·lit·er·a·cies for 3.
1.
a lack of ability to read and write.
2.
the state of being illiterate; lack of any or enough education.
3.
a mistake in writing or speaking, felt to be characteristic of an illiterate or semiliterate person: a letter that was full of illiteracies.
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illiterate (ɪˈlɪtərɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | unable to read and write |
| 2. | violating accepted standards in reading and writing: an illiterate scrawl |
| 3. | uneducated, ignorant, or uncultured: scientifically illiterate |
| —n | |
| 4. | an illiterate person |
| il'literacy | |
| —n | |
| il'literateness | |
| —n | |
| il'literately | |
| —adv | |
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Illiteracy
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
Television presents a potent challenge to newspapers in a region plagued by illiteracy.
There is indeed an example of mathematical illiteracy here--to be found not in the daily chart but among the comments.
Life expectancy is falling, illiteracy rising, crime rife.
It would be better, some argue, to concentrate on eradicating illiteracy and providing basic educational programmes.
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