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nonilliterate

adj

Etymology

From non- + illiterate.

  1. derived from illīterātus
  2. inherited from illiterat
  3. prefixed as nonilliterate — “non + illiterate”

Definitions

  1. Not illiterate, but having relative poor 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...
    • Power's point is not to be dismissed entirely; she undoubtedly speaks for many of the nonpoor and nonilliterate in the society.
    • Thus, to be literate, in Arabic, is to be nonilliterate, which implies a lower level of literacy than "literacy" in the English language.

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