unreadingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈriːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈridɪŋ/ Not literate; not inclined to read; not reading. Also as n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] > not studious
unliterate1548
unbookisha1616
unbooklearned1633
unscholastic1690
unreading1728
bookless1734
unliterary1788
unbooked1859
non-literate1891
book-shy1902
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Ep. Ded. 2 The Unknowing, the Diffident, the Unreading, the Incurious, the Penurious and sometimes even the ill-bred Injurious.
1793 Brief Acct. Acts Kings & Queens Eng. 270 The unthinking and unreading Members of the State.
1829 Edinb. Rev. 50 183 There is but one chance of making this unreading cast readers.
1913 Sat. Rev. 18 Jan. 82/1 It is a wide and cheerful field of entertainment, and full of short cuts to knowledge for the unreading.
2003 R. C. Wood Contending for Faith x. 174 The bookless and unreading masses convinced him of their need for standardized liturgical practices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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