analphabetic

analphabetic adjective: (of symbols) Not alphabetic.

Adjective

analphabetic (comparative more analphabetic, superlative most analphabetic)

(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
- His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book. Not quite any book, however, for the book-wallah, though analphabetic, had learned to recognize and refuse a Bible.1935, George Orwell, chapter 19, in Burmese Days

analphabetic (plural analphabetics)

An illiterate person.
- At press conferences you hear a visiting statesman so eloquent in his own language—and then suddenly he tries a few words in French...an idiot speaking, an analphabetic from some wretched forgotten hamlet learning to read at the age of seventy.—1979, Nadine Gordimer, Burger's Daughter, Penguin, published 1980, page 267

நெடுங்கணக்குச் சாராத, அகர வரிசை முறையில் இல்லாத, முற்றிலும் எழுத்தறிவற்ற

From an- + alphabetic.

What does analphabetic mean?: Analphabetic means (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
What is analphabetic in Tamil?: Analphabetic in Tamil is நெடுங்கணக்குச் சாராத, அகர வரிசை முறையில் இல்லாத, முற்றிலும் எழுத்தறிவற்ற. See Analphabetic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is analphabetic?: Analphabetic can be an adjective or a noun.

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