unlettered

un·let·tered

adj \ˌən-ˈle-tərd\

Definition of UNLETTERED

1

a : lacking facility in reading and writing and ignorant of the knowledge to be gained from books b : illiterate

2

: not marked with letters

Examples of UNLETTERED

1. <unlettered moviegoers could scarcely imagine how little resemblance the film bore to the novel on which it was supposedly based>

First Known Use of UNLETTERED

14th century

Related to UNLETTERED

Synonyms: analphabetic, benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, ignorant, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored

Antonyms: educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read

Related Words: functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable; artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, unskilled, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms: brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar

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