nonilliterate
English edit
Etymology edit
non- + illiterate
Adjective edit
nonilliterate (not comparable)
- (rare) Not illiterate, but having relative poor literacy.
- 1971, Chinese law and government, Volume 4, M.E. Sharpe, Inc:
- Most nonilliterate cadres at the battalion level and above have only a rough idea of Chinese characters, without the ability to read theoretical books...
- 1991, J. Elspeth Stuckey, The violence of literacy:
- Power's point is not to be dismissed entirely; she undoubtedly speaks for many of the nonpoor and nonilliterate in the society.
- 2004, Uwe P. Gielen, Jaippaul Roopnarine, Childhood and adolescence; cross-cultural perspective and applications:
- Thus, to be literate, in Arabic, is to be nonilliterate, which implies a lower level of literacy than "literacy" in the English language.