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unliterate

unliterate adjective: not literate; illiterate.

Adjective

unliterate (comparative more unliterate, superlative most unliterate)

  1. Not literate; illiterate.

Forms of unliterate

comparativemore unliterate
superlativemost unliterate

Origin of unliterate

From un- + literate.

Questions about unliterate

What does unliterate mean?
Unliterate means not literate; illiterate.
What part of speech is unliterate?
Unliterate is an adjective.

Words near unliterate in the dictionary

  1. unliteral
  2. unliterally
  3. unliteralness
  4. unliterariness
  5. unliterary
  6. unliterate
  7. unlithified
  8. unlitigated
  9. unlitten
  10. unlittered
  11. unlittle

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