illiteracy in English

noun
1
the inability to read or write.
the ineffective educational system meant that illiteracy was widespread
synonyms:inability to read or writeignoranceunawarenessinexperienceunenlightenmentlack of knowledgelack of educationcluelessnessnescience
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1. 5 We must do away with illiteracy.

2. Illiteracy rates have fallen in recent years.

3. Spanning the Gap of Illiteracy

4. We must do away with illiteracy.

5. Illiteracy was widespread at that time.

6. Not that illiteracy is a very Jewish problem.

7. Poverty and illiteracy were prevalent on the island.

8. It is encouraging to read that illiteracy is declining.

9. Know what the illiteracy rate is?

10. Illiteracy is widespread among the poor.

11. 5 Illiteracy was widespread at that time.

12. Illiteracy poses greater military risks than this.

13. In the rural areas, illiteracy is widespread.

14. The government has declared war on illiteracy.

15. THE CIVILIZATION OF ILLITERACY MIHAI NADIN The artistic experience of the civilization of illiteracy is also characterized by impatience and Autarchy

16. There's a high rate of functional illiteracy here.

17. Illiteracy has been wiped out in our village.

18. Illiteracy was at 95% at the end of Portuguese rule.

19. 20 Translated this means illiteracy, homelessness, hunger, deprivation and death.

20. Illiteracy is not a new phenomenon in the United States.

21. Illiteracy rates are still thought to stand above 50 percent.

22. Illiteracy is a major problem in some developing countries.

23. Translated this means illiteracy, homelessness, hunger, deprivation and death.

24. Altercated Altercates altercative aliteracy aleatoric altercating altercation ultraclean allotters illiteracy

25. Moreover, illiteracy is widespread; most read neither Spanish nor Nahuatl.

26. Affluent people tend to look upon illiteracy with comfortable detachment.

27. The illiteracy rate in China among this generation is under one percent.

28. The rising tide of illiteracy does not augur well for America's industrial might.

29. Where the percentage of illiteracy is very high, we use puppetry.

30. Even so, Clinton is not exactly throwing money at the illiteracy problem.

31. An appalling Bible illiteracy exists among churchgoers because their ministers feed them worldly philosophies.

32. In general, illiteracy and lack of motivation militate against reliability of figures from Third World countries.

33. They are better educated and more informed - though illiteracy is still widespread among the poor.

34. functional illiteracy does not affect men and women equally across different age groups.

35. Illiteracy is highest in the Northeast, where 19.9% of the population is illiterate.

36. Illiteracy is not the only, nor the most important, evidence of national myopia.

37. Illiteracy is not the only, nor the most important,[http://Sentencedict.com] evidence of national myopia.

38. The older generation, he suggested, reveals a much higher proportion of sports illiteracy than the younger generation.

39. Additionally, indigenous communities suffer from high illiteracy rates, limited access to water, housing, health and education.

40. It was possible that Grandpa's southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name.

41. THE CIVILIZATION OF ILLITERACY MIHAI NADIN Solidarity is replaced by competition, often fiercely Adversarial.

42. The new superintendent has the right idea about attacking illiteracy, but the wrong method.

43. It would help to end illiteracy and disease, but it would also dislocate a traditional way of life.

44. Given the Gambia’s high illiteracy rate, she wondered whether the NGOs had access to radio.

45. Jehovah’s Witnesses battle illiteracy by teaching tens of thousands of people to read and write

46. Along with illiteracy and innumeracy, we must add deep moral confusion to the list of educational problems.”

47. Antonyms for Attainments include ignorance, cluelessness, naivete, nescience, unawareness, illiteracy, incognizance, obliviousness, obtuseness and illiterateness

48. The village moneylender usually takes advantage of the illiteracy of the villagers by charging them exorbitant interst rates .

49. Ten years ago the world community promised primary education for all, and to halve adult illiteracy by 2000.

50. Female illiteracy, even in the well-off classes, is one of the characteristics of the decadence that led to colonization.