innumeracy

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  1. illiteracy
  2. ignorance
  3. idiocy
Noun
  • There’s no danger of spontaneous mass illiteracy, but the complex cognitive skills that reading fosters start to degrade.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • And now creative events like the various fair demonstrations and exhibits bring the problem of illiteracy into public spaces and help remove the stigma surrounding it.
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Definition of illiteracy
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  • What’s interesting in this context is the ignorance portrayed by financial teams with respect to building core strategies.
    — Dr. Saheer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • And ignorance — or, in the case of some people and/or bots on social media, denial that this is a thing at all — is not an excuse.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of ignorance
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  • That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.
    — Susan Shelley, Daily News, 13 May 2026
  • The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of idiocy
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“Innumeracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innumeracy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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