nonilliterate

nonilliterate

English

Etymology

non- +‎ illiterate

Adjective

nonilliterate (not comparable)

1. (rare) Not illiterate, but having relative poor literacy.
   • 1971, M.E. Sharpe, Inc, Chinese law and government, Volume 4

     Most nonilliterate cadres at the battalion level and above have only a rough idea of Chinese characters, without the ability to read theoretical books...

   • 1991, J. Elspeth Stuckey, The violence of literacy

     Power's point is not to be dismissed entirely; she undoubtedly speaks for many of the nonpoor and nonilliterate in the society.

   • 2004, Uwe P. Gielen, Jaippaul Roopnarine, Childhood and adolescence; cross-cultural perspective and applications

     Thus, to be literate, in Arabic, is to be nonilliterate, which implies a lower level of literacy than "literacy" in the English language.

Anagrams

• trilinolenate