Illiterate is an English word with synonyms like uneducated or literate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Illiterate meaning
- Unable to read and write.
- Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
- Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
Synonyms of Illiterate
Using Illiterate
- The main meaning on this page is: Unable to read and write. | Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education. | Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
- Useful related words include: semiliterate, uneducated, literate, know nothing.
- In the example corpus, illiterate often appears in combinations such as: an illiterate, were illiterate, illiterate and.
Context around Illiterate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Illiterate
- In this selection, "illiterate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, functionally, barred, poor, people, person and members stand out and add context to how "illiterate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include blind or illiterate and are functionally illiterate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "illiterate" sits close to words such as accorded, akpabio and amending, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with illiterate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
First and foremost l cannot give support to an illiterate. (10 words)
When asked about disabilities, some respondents claimed to be illiterate. (10 words)
As was my father who was an illiterate HS drop out. (11 words)
During police interrogation, Maan Singh said that he opened bank accounts of poor, illiterate people, and sold these accounts with ATM cards, passbooks and chequebooks to alleged cybercriminals for Rs 10,000, said the police. (35 words)
Yet, the HMI said that there is a “risk of recruiting the wrong people,” saying that he has heard of trainee officers “who are, on paper at least, functionally illiterate in English”. (32 words)
Equal parts grotesque and illiterate, Gessen’s piece nonetheless fit within the trendy mainstream copycat culture of intentionally minimizing Jewish pain and tragedy in order to inflate the perception of Jewish criminality. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
The former refers to an illiterate person who lives in a household with literates and the latter to an illiterate who lives in a household of all illiterates.
Among other restrictions on ‘undesirable’ immigrants, it barred illiterate people from entering the United States.
As was my father who was an illiterate HS drop out.
But, unfortunately, little of this prosperity trickled down to the majority of poor and illiterate members of the population, mostly living in rural Jamaica.
During police interrogation, Maan Singh said that he opened bank accounts of poor, illiterate people, and sold these accounts with ATM cards, passbooks and chequebooks to alleged cybercriminals for Rs 10,000, said the police.
Ed got up on stage two days after we did it and said that I had made the mistake, and it makes me look illiterate.
First and foremost l cannot give support to an illiterate.
It's the case in NA as made worse by real estate agents who some may be just as illiterate as barrier to entry is extremely low.
Sometimes, there is no independent, neutral third-party around to explain contracts to the blind or illiterate.
Their poor education has left many illiterate and unable to compete in a modern world.
This endeavor was hatched by Henry Kissinger’s economically illiterate protégés at the National Security Council and Bush’s Texas oilman, Secretary of State James Baker.
This is a crisis, we can’t emerge as a country with children who are illiterate in 2023.
This lack of requirement to explain a contract also applies if the other party is blind or illiterate.
We have professional aides now like Bradford Machila unlike PF when we had illiterate street kaponyas like Kaizar.
When asked about disabilities, some respondents claimed to be illiterate.
Yet, the HMI said that there is a “risk of recruiting the wrong people,” saying that he has heard of trainee officers “who are, on paper at least, functionally illiterate in English”.
Addressing the country’s literacy challenges, especially in the northern region, Osinbajo noted that over 67% of women in northern Nigeria are illiterate.
Equal parts grotesque and illiterate, Gessen’s piece nonetheless fit within the trendy mainstream copycat culture of intentionally minimizing Jewish pain and tragedy in order to inflate the perception of Jewish criminality.
He had earlier informed the court that he was illiterate in response to evidence that he had sacked his legal team and elected to represent himself.
I know someone who volunteers with the Girl Guides, and apparently these kids are functionally illiterate.
Common combinations with illiterate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an illiterate 17×
- were illiterate 17×
- illiterate and 16×
- are illiterate 13×
- and illiterate 11×
- illiterate people 10×
- the illiterate 9×
- was illiterate 8×
- or illiterate 6×
- functionally illiterate 6×