Aliterate

//eɪˈlɪtəɹət// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.

    "Mark Twain famously said, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read"; more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate."

  2. 2
    a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so.

Synonyms

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aliterate person

Example

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"Mark Twain famously said, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read"; more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate."

Etymology

From a- + literate.

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