analphabetic

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analphabetic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  analphabetic
      adj 1: relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not
             alphabetic [ant: alphabetic, alphabetical]
      2: not alphabetic; "an analphabetic arrangement of letters";
         "Jesperson's system of phonetic transcription is
         analphabetic" [ant: alphabetic, alphabetical]
      3: having little acquaintance with writing; "special tutorials
         to assist the unlettered sector of society" [syn:
         analphabetic, unlettered]
      n 1: an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet [syn:
           analphabet, analphabetic]