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Noun Concept
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aliterate  aliterate person
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A person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources WordNet 3.0
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A person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so. Wiktionary
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Mark Twain famously said, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read"; more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate. Wiktionary
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ignoramus
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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aliterate, aliterate person
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aliterate

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