Both Uses of
illiterate
in
1984 by Orwell
- "Two dollars you promised me."
Winston found and handed over two creased and filthy notes, which Parsons entered in a small notebook, in the neat handwriting of the illiterate.
p. 56..8illiterate = uninformed or unable to read and write
- If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy, and disease could be eliminated within a few generations.
p. 189..6 *illiteracy = inability to read and write
Definition:
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(illiterate) unable to read or write (not literate)
or:
uninformed in a particular field or general subject areaeditor's notes: Note that "functional illiteracy" means that although one may be able to read or write a little, their ability is inadequate for normal requirements in their society.