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Definition of Functionally illiterate
1. Adjective. Having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Functionally Illiterate
Literary usage of Functionally illiterate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"As many as forty percent of minority youth are functionally illiterate. 15 In
1990, 44 percent of black children and 38 percent of Latino children compared ..."
2. On the Road to Economic Development: A Guide for Continuing Education by Peggy A. Richmond (1997)
"There also is a need for basic adult education for the thousands of Americans
who are functionally illiterate. The fastest growing segment of the higher ..."
3. Coping Strategies of the Unemployed by Johan Erasmus (1999)
"Of the population aged 20 years or more 7,5 million people [34,3%] could be
considered functionally illiterate at the time of the population census in 1996. ..."
4. Technology and Education: Working Together for the Future, Hearing Before edited by Frank D. Riggs (1998)
"When experts tell us that there are over 25 million American adults who are
functionally illiterate, and there are large numbers, as I understand it—I am ..."
5. Assessing Literacy: The Framework for the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) by Anne Campbell, Irwin S. Kirsch, Andrew Kolstad (1996)
"Those persons who failed to attain the specified level were labeled as "illiterate"
or "functionally Illiterate" and 1 Oscar K. Büros, "Fifty Years in ..."
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