Illiterate

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Synonyms: Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See Ignorant. Il*lit"er*ate*ly, adv. Il*lit"er*ate*ness, n.