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illiterate
UK
/ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/
US
/ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/
Examples
He was illiterate, of course, but possessed good native talent and a fund of humor which seemed almost inexhaustible.
Il était illettré, certes, mais possédait de bonnes dispositions naturelles et une réserve d’humour qui semblait presque inépuisable.
In 1764 James Hargreaves, an illiterate weaver and carpenter of Lancashire, England, invented the spinning-jenny, a device by which eight threads could be spun at once.
En 1764, James Hargreaves, un tisserand et charpentier illettré du Lancashire, en Angleterre, inventa la spinning jenny, un appareil permettant de filer huit fils à la fois.