adj.
1.
a. Unable to read and write.
b. Having little or no formal education.
2.
a. Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature: an illiterate magazine.
b. Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing: a paragraph with several illiterate expressions.
3. Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge: musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.
n.
1. A person who is illiterate.
2. (used with a pl. verb) People who are illiterate, considered as a group.
1.
a. Unable to read and write.
b. Having little or no formal education.
2.
a. Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature: an illiterate magazine.
b. Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing: a paragraph with several illiterate expressions.
3. Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge: musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.
n.
1. A person who is illiterate.
2. (used with a pl. verb) People who are illiterate, considered as a group.
by PineappleJuice March 23, 2015
by johnnayylmao December 12, 2015
by boyfriendofakitchilliterate September 8, 2011
Used when people don’t understand that something is smart/good because they lack understanding of the subject.
by muwtu May 4, 2020
*stolen, you illiterate goober
by Cjstaple May 5, 2019
learn how to type u illiterate fucknut
by brokenman320 October 6, 2015
a term of endearment/sarcasm/ insult, depending on the situation, for one's old man (father) or old lady (mother)
boy: yoohoo, dad, my favorite computer illiterate, please give me cash for my weekly candy portion, well if you don't want to give me my allowance.
father: stop calling me a computer illiterate, young man, cuz I am a computer engineer by profession, please improve your vocabulary and then come back and talk to me comme du monde
father: stop calling me a computer illiterate, young man, cuz I am a computer engineer by profession, please improve your vocabulary and then come back and talk to me comme du monde
by Sexydimma September 1, 2012