functional illiterate

noun

a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.

Origin of functional illiterate

First recorded in 1945–50

OTHER WORDS FROM functional illiterate

functional illiteracy, noun functionally illiterate, adjective

Words nearby functional illiterate

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British Dictionary definitions for functional illiterate

functional illiterate

noun

a person whose literacy is insufficient for most work and normal daily situations

Derived forms of functional illiterate

functional illiteracy, noun