innumerate

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ numerate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

innumerate (comparative more innumerate, superlative most innumerate)

  1. Lacking numeracy.
    • 2025 June 2, Leif Weatherby, “A.I. Is Coming For the Coders Who Made It”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      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.
      (Can we archive this URL?)

Noun

innumerate (plural innumerates)

  1. One who lacks numeracy skills.
    • 2009 October 6, Clyde Haberman, “Regarding Jonah, Dinkins, Bloomberg and the Importance of a Yankees Victory”, in New York Times‎[2]:
      Some innumerates simply refuse to accept that this decade, this century, this millennium all began on Jan. 1, 2001.
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