- innumerate
- adjective Date: 1959 marked by an ignorance of mathematics and the scientific approach • innumeracy noun • innumerate noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
innumerate
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innumerate — adj. Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with {illiterate}. Opposite of {numerate}. Also See: {educated}; {illiterate}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
innumerate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ without a basic knowledge of mathematics and arithmetic. ► NOUN ▪ an innumerate person. DERIVATIVES innumeracy noun … English terms dictionary
innumerate — [in no͞o′mər it, i no͞o′mər it; in nyo͞o′mər it, ] adj. Chiefly Brit. not numerate; lacking the knowledge needed to deal with scientific, esp. mathematical, concepts innumeracy [in no͞o′mər ə sē, ino͞o′mər ə sē; in nyo͞o′mər ə sē, i nyo͞o′mər ə… … English World dictionary
innumerate — illiterate, innumerate Illiterate (16c) means ‘unable to read or write’ or ‘poorly educated’; innumerate (20c) means ‘having no knowledge of or aptitude for the principles of mathematics’. The corresponding positive forms literate and numerate… … Modern English usage
innumerate — innumeracy, n. /i nooh meuhr it, i nyooh /, adj. 1. unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods; unable to use mathematics; not numerate. n. 2. an innumerate person. [1959; IN 3 + NUMERATE] * * * … Universalium
innumerate — adj. not numerate, not able to comprehend and use numbers, incapable of doing arithmetic n. innumerate person, one who is not able to comprehend and use numbers, person who is incapable of doing arithmetic … English contemporary dictionary
innumerate — adjective without a basic knowledge of mathematics and arithmetic. noun an innumerate person. Derivatives innumeracy noun … English new terms dictionary
innumerate — in•nu•mer•ate [[t]ɪˈnu mər ɪt, ɪˈnyu [/t]] adj. 1) edu math. unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods; ignorant in mathematics; not numerate 2) cvb an innumerate person in•nu′mer•a•cy, n … From formal English to slang
innumerate — adjective Lacking numeracy … Wiktionary
innumerate — in|nu|mer|ate [ıˈnju:mərıt US ıˈnu: ] adj unable to do simple calculations or understand basic mathematics >innumeracy n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
