Difference between Uneducated and Unlettered

What is the difference between Uneducated and Unlettered?

Uneducated as an adjective is not educated while Unlettered as an adjective is not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to read

Uneducated

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not educated

Example sentence: Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.

Unlettered

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not instructed in letters; not well educated; unable to readnot expressed in or marked with letters

We hope you now know whether to use Uneducated or Unlettered in your sentence.

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