Analphabetic

Quick meaning: Analphabetic is an adjective meaning (not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.

Meaning

(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.

More Meanings

1. (comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
2. An illiterate person.

Example Sentences

His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book. Not quite any book, however, for the book-wallah, though analphabetic, had learned to recognize and refuse a Bible.

At press conferences you hear a visiting statesman so eloquent in his own language—and then suddenly he tries a few words in French...an idiot speaking, an analphabetic from some wretched forgotten hamlet learning to read at the age of seventy.—

Word Forms

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Synonyms for analphabetic

Depending on context, synonyms include illiterate, unlettered.

Antonyms for analphabetic

Common opposites include alphabetical, alphabetic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unlettered, illiterate, nonalphabetic, nonalphanumeric, nonalphabetical, unalphabetical.

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