aliterate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /eɪˈlɪtəɹət/
aliterate
- Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so.
aliterate (plural aliterates)
- Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.
- Mark Twain famously said "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read" or more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate.
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