Usually means: Partially literate, lacking full proficiency.
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  1. subliterate: Merriam-Webster
  2. subliterate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. subliterate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. subliterate: Wordnik
  5. subliterate: Wiktionary
  6. subliterate: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. subliterate: Dictionary.com
  8. subliterate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. subliterate: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (subliterate)

▸ adjective:  Having inferior literacy skills.
▸ noun:  A subliterate person.

Similar:
inferior, literate, lettered, subscript, lowercase, supralinear, lipogrammatic, small, minuscule, miniscule, more...

Opposite:
literate, educated, well-read, versed, learned

Types:
illiterate, semiliterate, analphabetic, dyslexic, more...

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Similar:
inferior, literate, lettered, subscript, lowercase, supralinear, lipogrammatic, small, minuscule, miniscule, more...

Opposite:
literate, educated, well-read, versed, learned

Types:
illiterate, semiliterate, analphabetic, dyslexic, more...



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