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    An·al·pha·bet·ic
    /ˌaˌnalfəˈbedik/

    adjective

    • 1. representing sounds by composite signs rather than by single letters or symbols: "Chinese has an analphabetic writing system"
    • 2. completely illiterate: "at least one of my grandmothers was unlettered, analphabetic"
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  2. www.dictionary.com › browse › analphabeticANALPHABETIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Analphabetic definition: not alphabetic. See examples of ANALPHABETIC used in a sentence.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › analphabeticAnalphabetic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of ANALPHABET is a person who cannot read : illiterate.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › analphabeticAnalphabetic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    alphabetic, alphabetical. relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet. adjective. having little acquaintance with writing. synonyms: unlettered. illiterate. not able to read or write. noun. an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishanalphabetic adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    not being one of the letters of the alphabet. (linguistics) representing sounds with signs made of several parts rather than by single letters or symbols. See analphabetic in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › analphabetic_adjanalphabetic - Oxford English Dictionary

    There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word analphabetic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › analphabeticAnalphabetic - definition of analphabetic by The Free Dictionary

    1. unable to read or write. 2. descriptive of a language written without an alphabet; that is, with a syllabary (Cherokee), in hieroglyphics (ancient Egyptian), in ideograms (Chinese) , or in pictograms (American Indian). See also: Alphabet. -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Thesaurus Antonyms.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishANALPHABETIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. not alphabetic. an analphabetic arrangement of letters. 2. unable to read or write; illiterate. analphabetic peoples. 3.

  9. en.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › analphabeticanalphabetic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Aug 31, 2023 · analphabetic ( comparative more analphabetic, superlative most analphabetic) ( not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic. ( comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write. His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › analphabet_adjanalphabet - Oxford English Dictionary

    /ˌæˈnælfəbɛt/ an-AL-fuh-bet. See pronunciation. Where does the word analphabet come from? Earliest known use. mid 1600s. The earliest known use of the word analphabet is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for analphabet is from 1654, in the writing of B. Oley. analphabet is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin analphabetus. See etymology.

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › analphabetANALPHABET Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Analphabet definition: a person who cannot read or write; illiterate.. See examples of ANALPHABET used in a sentence.

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