semiliterate

adjective

Definition of semiliteratenext
as in illiterate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semiliterate
  1. illiterate
  2. uneducated
  3. ignorant
  4. unschooled
  5. untutored
  6. unknowledgeable
  7. benighted
  8. unlettered
Adjective
  • India was a poor and illiterate nation, torn apart by caste and religion and encumbered by centuries of custom and tradition.
    Madhav Khosla, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2020
  • There are also fart jokes, piss-drinking, illiterate hobo pirates, and Missi Pyle with a unibrow and fangs, all of which still go straight to the comedy jugular 20 years after the film’s release.
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of illiterate
Adjective
  • So Americans who don't travel, who 80 percent don't have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivete.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • So, Americans who don’t travel, who 80 percent don’t have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naïveté.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of uneducated
Adjective
  • The juxtaposition of ignorant tourism and seemingly backwards folk religions produces the kind of gruesome friction that horror filmmakers love to exploit.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Many Americans remain ignorant of this history, and the organizers behind these projects want to educate them about it — with the hope history won't repeat itself.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of ignorant
Adjective
  • Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.
    Jennie Germann Molz, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
Definition of unschooled
Adjective
  • To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.
    Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Blessed with a harsh, untutored, yet inimitably soulful voice, MacGowan forged a blend of traditional Irish folk music and punk rock that was later mimicked outright by bands the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, and left a clear influence on acts such as Gogol Bordello and Mumford and Sons.
    Andrew Barker, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
Definition of untutored
Adjective
  • The thought of appearing unprepared or unknowledgeable can be stressful, especially in a big team meeting or in conversation with more senior colleagues.
    Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Many call center staff were unknowledgeable and some were rude.
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2021
Definition of unknowledgeable
Adjective
  • And this is just a small sampling of the kind of far-right legal reasoning that routinely escapes this benighted court.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In its 50th anniversary year, the storied fantasy role-playing game is now making a long-overdue, and noteworthy, correction to its scientifically benighted treatment of race.
    Steven Dashiell, Scientific American, 31 July 2024
Definition of benighted
Adjective
  • The unlettered Prince has gained in life what Hamlet achieved only in death: his own story shaped on his own terms, thanks to the intervention of a skillful Horatio.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Busby Berkeley Wrongly taken as a mere ornamentalist—even worse, sometimes mistaken for a fascist—Busby Berkeley was an erotic sociobiologist, an unlettered philosopher in visual music.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
Definition of unlettered
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