ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Innumeracy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Innumeracy is a noun meaning Lack of numeracy; low numeracy.

Meaning

Lack of numeracy; low numeracy.

Example Sentences

The man suffered from innumeracy stemming from a brain injury, and depended on his wife for all financial matters, no matter how trivial.
John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.

Word Forms

Antonyms for innumeracy

Common opposites include numeracy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include numberness, mathematicality, mathophobia, arithmophobia, numeric, acalculiac.

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