innumerate

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Recent Examples of innumerate Answer Man is innumerate in all major numbering systems — Roman, Arabic, hexadecimal — and not so hot in Latin, either. Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2021 To my innumerate mind, though, the odds of a Biden win are basically fifty-fifty. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2020 In those necks of the woods, people are too ignorant to vote in favor of helping their illiterate and innumerate children. James Freeman, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018 They would be termed innumerate — unskilled at working with numbers. Sandy Bauers, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innumerate
Adjective
  • Any suggestion that this is some kind of victory for Combs is ignorant.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In this case, the problem is ethics in the medical profession, as young doctor Andrew Manson (Robert Donat) moves from idealism to disillusionment and back again when faced with ignorant patients who are skeptical of his conclusions, economic hardship, and crooked colleagues.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Even women of color with a college education have a higher chance of dying in childbirth than an uneducated white woman, and that is shocking.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • These consequences will not be limited to the poor, the uneducated or minority groups.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • They were kept illiterate, by law.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This was particularly important given that much of their peasant audience was illiterate, Palmer explains.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The thought of appearing unprepared or unknowledgeable can be stressful, especially in a big team meeting or in conversation with more senior colleagues.
    Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Many call center staff were unknowledgeable and some were rude.
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2021
Adjective
  • With hundreds of years of patient work behind it, with some educational institutions willing to protect their scientists, and with researchers hard at work in less-benighted nations, the human desire to know and to understand will continue to produce results.
    Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Like the original Outlander, Blood of My Blood is believably frank about the possibility of assault in the benighted past.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 14 Apr. 2025
  • His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But like any socialized behavior, this mindset can be unlearned.
    Ruth Oh Reitmeier, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Those afflicted with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often behave in a manner which the unlearned (or uncaring) will immediately label as criminal.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.
    Jennie Germann Molz, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024

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“Innumerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innumerate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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