unlettered

• Descreve uma pessoa que não tem boa instrução ou que não sabe ler; iletrado ou sem instrução formal.

Describes a person who is not well educated or unable to read; illiterate or uneducated.

1. Lacking literacyC2formal

   Having little or no ability to read or write; illiterate.

   Analfabeto

   • In some remote areas, many older people remain unlettered.
   • The program aims to help unlettered adults learn basic reading skills.
   • He was unlettered but possessed great practical wisdom.

   Sinônimosfunctionally illiterateignorantilliterateuneducatedunschooleduntaught

   Antônimoseducatedlearnedliterate

2. Uneducated or unsophisticatedC2formal

   Lacking formal education, knowledge, or cultural refinement.

   Sem instrução

   • Despite being unlettered in academic matters, she was a brilliant storyteller.
   • The unlettered villagers had a deep understanding of nature.
   • He felt unlettered compared to his well-read colleagues.

   Sinônimosbenightedignorantilliterateuneducatedunlearnedunschooleduntaughtuntutored

   Antônimosculturededucatedknowledgeablelearnedletteredliteraterefinedsophisticated