illiterate
/ɪˈlɪt(ə)rət/
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American sound/ɪˈlɪt(ə)rət/
ɪˈlɪtərət
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- Final e often stays silent
ɪ - ˈlɪtərət -> illiterate
Myanmar meaning
(n) စာမတတ်သူ
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illiterate / Ç'lÇtǝrǝt / adj
၁။ စာမတတ်သော။ an illiterate child
❍ an illiterate (ie badly written) letter.
be scientifically illiterate.
n စာမတတ်သူ။
❑ illiteracy / Ç'lÇtǝrǝsi / n [U]
စာမတတ်ခြင်း။ tackle the problem of widespread illiteracy.
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uneducated, uninformed, ignorant, not conversant, untaught, benighted, birdbrain, catachrestic, dumb ox, dunderhead, fathead, fool, geese, goose, halfwit, inerudite, lamebrain, mooncalf, ninny, schmo, schmuck, softhead, solecistic, tomfool, turkey, twerp, unenlightened, ungrammatical, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untrained, untutored
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