unlettered
/ʌnˈlɛtərd/
adjective
- Not educated or unable to read; illiterate.
- The unlettered farmer could not sign his name on the contract.
- She felt unlettered compared to her college-educated colleagues.
- Many unlettered people in the region learned to read through community programs.
- Lacking knowledge or culture in a particular area; unsophisticated.
- Despite his success, he remained unlettered in art and music.
- He was unlettered in the ways of high finance, so he asked for advice.
- The critic dismissed the novel as the work of an unlettered amateur.
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