"unlettered" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From un- + lettered. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|lettered}} un- + lettered Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unlettered (not comparable)
  1. not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read Tags: not-comparable Translations (not well educated; unable to read): ἀγράμματος (agrámmatos) (Ancient Greek), неграмотен (negramoten) (Bulgarian), illettré (French), analfabéta (Hungarian), írástudatlan (Hungarian), tanulatlan (Hungarian), iskolázatlan (Hungarian), illitterātus (Latin), nepismen (Serbo-Croatian), analfabet (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-unlettered-en-adj-YyUFPi8y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'not well educated; unable to read': 82 18
  2. not expressed in or marked with letters Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unlettered-en-adj-~0Abb4r- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unletteredness
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