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un⋅let⋅tered

[uhn-let-erd]
–adjective
1. not educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant.
2. not literate; illiterate.
3. not marked with letters, as a tombstone.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see un- 1 , lettered


1. See ignorant.
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un·let·tered   (ŭn-lět'ərd)   
adj.  
    1. Not adept at reading and writing; deficient in the knowledge that can be acquired from books.

    2. Illiterate.

  1. Having no lettering: a plain, unlettered T-shirt.

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