innumerate
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English numerate English innumerate From in- + numerate.
- Lacking numeracy.
“The worry is that we, as a society, will become innumerate, not just illiterate. A.I. appears to be exacerbating an alarming trend in which our basic education is failing our young citizens.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English numerate English innumerate From in- + numerate.
- One who lacks numeracy skills.
“Some innumerates simply refuse to accept that this decade, this century, this millennium all began on Jan. 1, 2001.”