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unlettered

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un·let·tered  (n-ltrd)
adj.
1.
a. Not adept at reading and writing; deficient in the knowledge that can be acquired from books.
b. Illiterate.
2. Having no lettering: a plain, unlettered T-shirt.
unlettered
Adjective
uneducated or illiterate
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Adj.1.unletteredunlettered - having little acquaintance with writing; "special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society"
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illiterate - not able to read or write
2.unlettered - uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
ignorant, nescient, unlearned
uneducated - not having a good education
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They came of generations of poor unlettered people--peasants of the sea who sowed their sons on the waves as has been their custom since time began.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
If then, Sir William Jones, who read in thirty languages, could not read the simplest peasant's face, in its profounder and more subtle meanings, how may unlettered Ishmael hope to read the awful Chaldee of the Sperm Whale's brow?
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
This public exhibition of the tulip was an act of adoration rendered by an entire nation, unlettered and unrefined, to the refinement and culture of its illustrious and devout leaders, whose blood had stained the foul pavement of the Buytenhof, reserving the right at a future day to inscribe the names of its victims upon the highest stone of the Dutch Pantheon.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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