Both Uses of
illiterate
in
Main Street
- Of course the illiterate ones resent your references to anything farther away than Minneapolis.†
Chpt 8 *
- She was magnificently a specimen of the illiterate divorcee of forty made up to look thirty, clever, and alluring.†
Chpt 29
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.