unlettered
pronunciation
How to pronounce unlettered in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈletəd]
How to pronounce unlettered in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈletərd]
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- Adjective:
- having little acquaintance with writing
- lacking general education or knowledge
Word Origin
- unlettered (adj.)
- mid-14c., "not possessed of book-learning," from un- (1) "not" + lettered. An anglicized form of illiterate. Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongelettert.
Example
- 1. The two boys , young and unlettered , lingered only long enough to earn sufficient money to stave off hunger and to continue what must have seemed an endless journey .
- 2. Buddhism appealed especially to the poor and unlettered who could not comprehend the scholarly teachings of confucius .
- 3. So significant is it of a liberal share in what is worth while in life that unlettered and uneducated have become almost synonymous .
- 4. It is he who has sent amongst the unlettered a messenger from among themselves , to rehearse to them his signs , to sanctify them , and to instruct them in scripture and wisdom , - although they had been , before , in manifest error .