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adj. having little acquaintance with writing; "special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society"

ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered

adj. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"

uninformed

adj. not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"

ignorant, inexperienced

adj. lacking practical experience or training

unaware, incognizant

adj. (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"

unfamiliar

adj. not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"

barbarous

adj. primitive in customs and culture

Philistine

adj. of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

unenlightened

adj. not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"

unrefined

adj. (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"

functionally illiterate

adj. having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs

preliterate

adj. not yet having acquired the ability to read and write

semiliterate

adj. barely able to read and write; "an semiliterate scrawl"

semiliterate

adj. able to read but not to write

ignorant, illiterate

adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"

undereducated

adj. poorly or insufficiently educated

unschooled, untaught, untutored

adj. lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"

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