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FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does functional illiterate mean?
• FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE (noun)
The noun FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE has 1 sense:
1. a person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs
Familiarity information: FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("functional illiterate" is a kind of...):
illiterate; illiterate person; nonreader (a person unable to read)
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