Unlettered - English meaning

adjective

Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

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He was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid

adjective

Having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general

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We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men., you have to assume that incoming students have an alm…

adjective

Not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something

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Ignorant about many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics., blissfully ignoran…

adjective

Unable to read or write.

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His parents were illiterate

noun

A person who is unable to read or write.

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This reminds me of a quote from italo calvino (who was most certainly literate): ‘the ratio of lite…

adjective

Not knowing how to read and write

adjective

(of land) not used for growing crops.

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These meadowlands have lain uncultivated for centuries

adjective

Not characterized by good taste, manners, or education.

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To my uncultured palate most of the wines were good

adjective

Someone who is uncultured has not had a good education and does not know a lot about art, music, painting, etc.

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He accused modern schools of churning out uncultured children., they regarded their country cousins…

adjective

Having or showing a poor level of education.

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The workforce remains largely uneducated and unskilled

adjective

Having received little education

adjective

Not having or showing an enlightened outlook.

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Unenlightened thinking

adjective

Not having or showing awareness or understanding of the facts.

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Uninformed criticism of conservation projects

adjective

Not knowing much or having much information about something

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For a journalist, he seems surprisingly uninformed about what is happening in the news., individual…

adjective

(of a person) not taught or having learned a subject or skill.

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The uninstructed child

adjective

(of a person) not well educated.

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He appealed to an unlearned audience as well as to sympathetic scholars

adjective

Not having been learned.

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She found herself on the stage, lines unlearned

verb

Discard (something learned, especially a bad habit or false or outdated information) from one's memory.

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Teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling and placing children

adjective

(of a book or document) not read.

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But to me, a cookbook unused is like an unread book in that it's not fulfilling it's potential.

adjective

Not educated or trained.

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She was unschooled in the niceties of royal behaviour

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

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An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

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He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.

adjective

Not having been taught or educated.

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She is totally untaught and will not listen

verb

Cause (someone) to forget something learned previously.

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I'll have a problem unteaching them but you don't know anything so you have nothing to unlearn

adjective

Not having been trained in a particular skill.

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Self-styled doctors untrained in diagnosis

adjective

Never having been taught the skills for a particular job or activity

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Untrained staff, the notation is designed to make it easier for untrained singers to read music., t…

adjective

Not formally taught or trained.

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The species are all much the same to the untutored eye

adjective

Having no knowledge of or education in a particular subject

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To my untutored eye that just looks like a load of random brush strokes, and yet it's a very valuab…