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nonilliterate

nonilliterate adjective: not illiterate, but having relative poor literacy.

Adjective

nonilliterate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not illiterate, but having relative poor literacy.
    • Most nonilliterate cadres at the battalion level and above have only a rough idea of Chinese characters, without the ability to read theoretical books...1971, Chinese law and government, Volume 4, M.E. Sharpe, Inc
    • Power's point is not to be dismissed entirely; she undoubtedly speaks for many of the nonpoor and nonilliterate in the society.1991, J. Elspeth Stuckey, The violence of literacy

Origin of nonilliterate

From non- + illiterate.

Questions about nonilliterate

What does nonilliterate mean?
Nonilliterate means not illiterate, but having relative poor literacy.
What part of speech is nonilliterate?
Nonilliterate is an adjective.

Words near nonilliterate in the dictionary

  1. nonillionaire
  2. nonillionaires
  3. nonillions
  4. nonillionth
  5. nonillionths
  6. nonilliterate
  7. nonillness
  8. nonillnesses
  9. nonillocutionary
  10. nonilluminated
  11. nonillumination

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