Illiterate a. : Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Example:
How can an Illiterate person like myself live in a society that requires a person to read and write?

Taxonomy
literacy, society, literate, literacy rates, languages, United States, schools, instruction, definition of literacy, History, Reading, free encyclopedia, country, women, household, illiterates, provision, 18th century.

Defination from the web:
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