illiterate

Words with a similar base: illiterate, illiterate_person

'illiterate'

[illiterate.n.01] as in: a person unable to read

'illiterate'

[illiterate.a.01] as in: not able to read or write

'illiterate'

[ignorant.s.02] as in: uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

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Examples:
she is ignorant of quantum mechanics
he is musically illiterate

'illiterate'

[illiterate.a.03] as in: lacking culture, especially in language and literature