Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods.
- noun A person who is unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods; by analogy with
illiterate . Opposite ofnumerate .
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- adjective Lacking
numeracy . - noun One who lacks numeracy skills.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods
Etymologies
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Examples
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Which, despite its superficial appeal to the innumerate, is nonsensical.
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I'm sure you don't know what 'innumerate' means so look it up.
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Most respondents were considered "innumerate," with 33\% answering only one question correctly and 35\% having no correct answers.
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Most respondents were considered "innumerate," with 33\% answering only one question correctly and 35\% having no correct answers.
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Most respondents were considered "innumerate," with 33\% answering only one question correctly and 35\% having no correct answers.
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Most respondents were considered "innumerate," with 33\% answering only one question correctly and 35\% having no correct answers.
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I am effectively innumerate, (nor have I any design capability) so I am not easily able to start to quantify numbers and create charts.
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Consider for a moment what any black man in the US goes through "EVERY DAY", you innumerate twit.
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And, BTW – whether in Italian or English, “spaghetti” is not, strictly speaking, a “plural” noun – it is, rather, one of those fairly-curious object-designations that may be said to be, in a certain sense, “innumerate”.
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(I am aware btw that innumerate unions occasionally claim it does add up; these are invariably based on best case stockmarket returns scenarios which (i) ignore the crashes and (ii) ignore the rules under which pensions operate). on January 2, 2010 at 9: 01 am Paul
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