functionally illiterate

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   having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs

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Questions about functionally illiterate

What does functionally illiterate mean?

functionally illiterate means "having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs".

Is functionally illiterate a common word?

functionally illiterate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.