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functional illiterate
noun[ C ]
education mainly USspecializeduk /ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/ us /ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət/
someone who is not able to read or write well enough to do things that are needed for living and working in society: 功能性文盲;半文盲
A high percentage of poor kids can emerge from the public system as functional illiterates.
A person may be literate in their native language but still considered a functional illiterate if they cannot read and write the language of the country where they live.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inexperienced people and lack of experience
apprentice
beginner
dilettante
freshman
greenhorn
lightweight
muggle
naïf
neophyte
new addition
non-philosopher
nonspecialist
not know the meaning of the wordidiom
novice
probationer
the blind leading the blindidiom
uninitiated
virgin
virgin territoryidiom
virginity
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functional illiteracy
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