nonilliterate

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adjective

Not illiterate, but having relative poor literacy.

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Meanings

adjectivenonilliterate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareNot illiterate, but having relative poor literacy.

    Power's point is not to be dismissed entirely; she undoubtedly speaks for many of the nonpoor and nonilliterate in the society.

    1991, J. Elspeth Stuckey, The violence of literacy
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    Most nonilliterate cadres at the battalion level and above have only a rough idea of Chinese characters, without the ability to read theoretical books...

    1971, Chinese law and government, Volume 4, M.E. Sharpe, Inc

    Thus, to be literate, in Arabic, is to be nonilliterate, which implies a lower level of literacy than "literacy" in the English language.

    2004, Uwe P. Gielen, Jaippaul Roopnarine, Childhood and adolescence; cross-cultural perspective and applications

Origin

From non- + illiterate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

nonilliterate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonilliterate

MLA

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Chicago

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