innumeracy
/ɪˈnjuːmə.ɹə.si/
innumeracy noun: lack of numeracy; low numeracy.
Noun
innumeracy (countable and uncountable, plural innumeracies)
- Lack of numeracy; low numeracy.
- John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.
- The man suffered from innumeracy stemming from a brain injury, and depended on his wife for all financial matters, no matter how trivial.
- Antonyms:
- numeracy
innumeracy meaning in Tamil and Bengali
innumeracy in Tamil
- கணக்கறிவின்மை
innumeracy in Bengali
- সংখ্যাজ্ঞানের অভাব, কম সংখ্যাজ্ঞান
Antonyms of innumeracy
Forms of innumeracy
| plural | innumeracies |
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Origin of innumeracy
From in- + numeracy; coined by Douglas Hofstadter and popularized by mathematician John Allen Paulos in his 1989 book Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences.
Questions about innumeracy
- What does innumeracy mean?
- Innumeracy means lack of numeracy; low numeracy.
- What is innumeracy in Tamil?
- Innumeracy in Tamil is கணக்கறிவின்மை. See Innumeracy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is innumeracy?
- Innumeracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce innumeracy?
- Innumeracy is pronounced /ɪˈnjuːmə.ɹə.si/.
- What is the plural of innumeracy?
- The plural of innumeracy is innumeracies.
Words near innumeracy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: innumeracy (page history and authors); innumeracy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); innumeracy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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