Illiteracy /(?)/

Il·lit·er·a·cy

Illiteracy

n.

pl. Illiteracies

  1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.
  2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
    The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works.