letterless

Lacking written symbols

Letterless means without letters—either lacking written characters or without correspondence.

A letterless alphabet would be a contradiction, while a letterless week means no mail arrived.

The word can also describe someone illiterate or uneducated: a letterless peasant.

Rare in contemporary usage.

blank

unmarked

Having no visible identification

clean · pristine · untouched · virgin · clear · featureless · plain · unprinted · white · fresh

symbolic

numberless

Too vast to count

anonymous · nameless · unsigned · undesignated · untitled · captionless · iconless

illiterate

uneducated

Lacking formal instruction

ignorant · preliterate · nonliterate · untutored · unlearned

Opposites
presence of written characters

letterlesslettered

Highly educated, well-read

inscribed · printed · written · labeled · engraved

literacy/education

letterlesslettered

Highly educated, well-read

literate · educated · learned · scholarly · well-read

Family

letter, letters, lettered, lettering, unlettered, letterer

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G