functional illiteracy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for functional illiteracy
Noun
  • Other detainees at Stewart have helped Maria connect with a lawyer because of her illiteracy.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
  • The spending disparity ignored the circumstances of many of the countries receiving this aid: people did not have enough to eat, and rates of illiteracy were as high as 90%.
    Made by History, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In a system built on civilian oversight of military and diplomatic power, ignorance becomes a liability.
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • But while the veteran Pole lured out of retirement is expected to be offered an extension of his one-year contract which expires on June 30, Barça will reportedly try and force captain Ter Stegen out of the club amid the German’s claims of ignorance on the matter.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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“Functional illiteracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/functional%20illiteracy. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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