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[ uhn-let-erd ] / ʌnˈlɛt ərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unlettered ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant. not literate; illiterate. not marked with letters, as a tombstone. Origin of unletteredMiddle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at un-1, lettered synonym study for unlettered1. See ignorant. Words nearby unletteredunlearnt, unleash, unleavened, unless, unlessoned, unlettered, unlevel, unlicensed, unlicked, unlike, unlikelihood Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unletteredIn the novel, Newton takes up with a frumpy, unlettered Kentucky woman well into middle age. ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ Is a Classic Twice over—as a Movie and a Novel|Malcolm Jones|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST They were not designed via the epiphany of an unlettered Russian sergeant at a workbench, as fables would have it. The Story of Saddam's Gun Collection|C.J. Chivers|October 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST St. Francis was unlettered, but his mind was poetic and imaginative, his nature gentle and humble. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century|Estelle M. Hurll And mark you, this is no rude gathering of unlettered squires and rough men-at-arms. Cynthia's Chauffeur|Louis Tracy
The "afflictive birch, cursed by unlettered idle youth," has other uses than that which the quotation would seem likely to imply. Poachers and Poaching|John Watson But it is unfortunately adduced to illustrate a position to which it can never apply, the vindication of an unlettered clergy. Coelebs In Search of a Wife|Hannah More It was first announced, not to the great or wise, but to the poor and unlettered. Religious Studies, Sketches and Poems|Harriet Beecher Stowe
British Dictionary definitions for unlettered
adjectiveuneducated; illiterate not marked with lettersan unlettered tombstone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unletteredunschooled, illiterate, ignorant, uneducated, uninformed, naive, obtuse, innocent, oblivious, unlearned, unrefined, unsophisticated, untaught, unread, untutored, empty-headed, ignoramus, uncultivated, uncultured, benighted |