Definition of functional illiterate in US English:
functional illiterate
noun
A person whose level of ability to read and write is below that needed to do the ordinary tasks required to function normally in society.
Example sentencesExamples
As a result, 41 per cent of the functional illiterates were unemployed and probably stood little chance of finding jobs in the future, given the increasing use of technology at the workplace.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into research on reading, but we have more functional illiterates than ever before in the history of this nation.
There are billions of full illiterates or functional illiterates on the planet.
Are you proud that 40 million adult Americans are functional illiterates?
Nearly half of the 4.5 million functional illiterates identified in the survey are 55 or older, even though this group only accounts for 29 per cent of the total population;
The objective of this project is to create an index that could quantify the number of functional illiterates in the country.
The basic skills of functional illiterates do not reach beyond the fourth grade.
No longer could Texas afford an educational system that produced a large number of functional illiterates and citizens with limited scientific knowledge, technological know-how, and language skills.
Fortunately for us right now, Russia has even more such functional illiterates than we do.
It is a national scandal that so many students in urban public schools are functional illiterates.
Definition of functional illiterate in US English:
functional illiterate
noun
A person whose level of ability to read and write is below that needed to do the ordinary tasks required to function normally in society.
Example sentencesExamples
Fortunately for us right now, Russia has even more such functional illiterates than we do.
The basic skills of functional illiterates do not reach beyond the fourth grade.
As a result, 41 per cent of the functional illiterates were unemployed and probably stood little chance of finding jobs in the future, given the increasing use of technology at the workplace.
There are billions of full illiterates or functional illiterates on the planet.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into research on reading, but we have more functional illiterates than ever before in the history of this nation.
It is a national scandal that so many students in urban public schools are functional illiterates.
Are you proud that 40 million adult Americans are functional illiterates?
Nearly half of the 4.5 million functional illiterates identified in the survey are 55 or older, even though this group only accounts for 29 per cent of the total population;
No longer could Texas afford an educational system that produced a large number of functional illiterates and citizens with limited scientific knowledge, technological know-how, and language skills.
The objective of this project is to create an index that could quantify the number of functional illiterates in the country.