functional illiterate
noun[C]
educationmainlyUSspecializeduk/ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/us/ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət/someone who is notabletoreador write well enough to do things that areneededforlivingandworkinginsociety:
A highpercentageofpoorkidscanemergefrom thepublicsystemasfunctionalilliterates.
- Apersonmay beliterateintheirnativelanguagebut stillconsideredafunctionalilliterateif they cannotreadand write thelanguageof thecountrywhere theylive.
Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- apprentice
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- greenhorn
- lightweight
- muggle
- naïf
- neophyte
- newcomer
- nonspecialist
- not know the meaning of the wordidiom
- novice
- probationer
- rookie
- the blind leading the blindidiom
- upstart
- virgin
- virginity