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functional illiterate
noun
Definition of FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE
: a person who has had some schooling but does not meet a minimum standard of literacy
— functional illiteracy noun
— functionally illiterate adjective
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First Known Use of FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATE
1946
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