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UNLETTERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unlettered mean?
• UNLETTERED (adjective)
The adjective UNLETTERED has 2 senses:
1. having little acquaintance with writing
2. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
Familiarity information: UNLETTERED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having little acquaintance with writing
Synonyms:
analphabetic; unlettered
Context example:
special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society
Similar:
illiterate (not able to read or write)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
Synonyms:
ignorant; nescient; unlearned; unlettered
Context example:
exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions
Similar:
uneducated (not having a good education)
Context examples
They were poor people and unlettered.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Yet, thanks to our good chancellor, I am not wholly unlettered.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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 Jack London)
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