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nonilliterate en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + illiterate.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Not 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:
    • 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: