unbookish
adjective
uk/ˌʌnˈbʊk.ɪʃ/us/ˌʌnˈbʊk.ɪʃ/notinterestedinreadingbooksorstudying:
Growing up in ahousefullof unbookishpeople, I wasunawareof thevariouscareersopento me as alanguagelover.
Mybackgroundwas very unbookish, and there was noexpectationfrom myfamilyfor me toreadvery much or write anything.
- Apreviouslyunbookishboy, heendedup going to MichiganStateUniversity, and then tolawschool.
- An unbookishupbringingin Watford was anunlikelystartingpointfor acareerintheatre.
- Ipointedout thatnewbornbabieswerenotoriouslyunbookish andsuggesteda differentkindofpresent.
Unaware
- be in the darkidiom
- be on another planetidiom
- benighted
- blind spot
- blindly
- blindness
- foggy
- Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knowsidiom
- illiterate
- in blissful ignoranceidiom
- innumeracy
- innumerate
- insensate
- lost
- stump
- tin-eared
- unacquainted
- unattuned
- unawakened
- unaware