analphabetic
/ˌænælfəˈbɛtɪk/
adjective
- Unable to read or write; illiterate.
- She felt embarrassed to admit she was analphabetic, but the tutor was very patient.
- The program aims to help analphabetic adults learn basic reading and writing skills.
- In some remote areas, many older adults remain analphabetic due to a lack of schools.
- Relating to or characteristic of a writing system that is not alphabetic, such as one using symbols or pictures.
- Chinese characters are an analphabetic writing system based on logograms.
- The linguist studied several analphabetic systems used by indigenous cultures.
- Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs are an example of an analphabetic script.
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noun
- A person who cannot read or write; an illiterate person.
- As an analphabetic, he struggled to fill out job applications.
- The charity provides free classes for analphabetics in the community.
- The census showed a decrease in the number of analphabetics under age 30.