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innumerate

[ ih-noo-mer-it, ih-nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods; unable to use mathematics; not numerate.


noun

  1. an innumerate person.

innumerate

/ ɪˈːəɪ /

adjective

  1. having neither knowledge nor understanding of mathematics or science
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an innumerate person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳܳ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·Գm·· noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of innumerate1

First recorded in 1959; in- 3 + numerate
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Example Sentences

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Anyone claiming that spending on this scale will break the budget, or that it will seriously interfere with other priorities, is innumerate, disingenuous or both.

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This one any innumerate person can understand: The injury rate in the NFL is 100 percent.

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Answer Man is innumerate in all major numbering systems — Roman, Arabic, hexadecimal — and not so hot in Latin, either.

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To some degree, I think all of us as just a species, we’re a little bit innumerate as it relates to big numbers.

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Mr. Mishkin says that, to the contrary, he took Mr. Trump’s prospects so seriously that one of his daughters told him that he was beginning to sound like the innumerate Trump booster Bill Mitchell.

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