Innumerate

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who lacks numeracy skills.

    "Some innumerates simply refuse to accept that this decade, this century, this millennium all began on Jan. 1, 2001."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking numeracy.

    "The worry is that we, as a society, will become innumerate, not just illiterate. A.I. appears to be exacerbating an alarming trend in which our basic education is failing our young citizens."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods wordnet

Example

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"The worry is that we, as a society, will become innumerate, not just illiterate. A.I. appears to be exacerbating an alarming trend in which our basic education is failing our young citizens."

Etymology

From in- + numerate.

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