low literacy
Poor reading ability
Low literacy describes limited ability to read, write, or work with written information.
The term appears in education, public health, and policy contexts: low literacy populations, low literacy materials.
Documents designed for low literacy audiences use simple words, short sentences, and visual aids.
The phrase avoids the harsher connotations of illiterate while acknowledging real limitations in reading comprehension.
- readingInterpreting written text
- reading levelText difficulty rating
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- struggling readerOne with literacy difficulties
- educationSystematic development of mind
can't read · adult education · high school dropout · dropout · poverty · basic · plain language · comprehension · writing · remedial · adult · skills · functional · barrier · learning · learning disability · simple · difficulty
- Global Povertymalnutrition, starvation, food security, clean water, dirty water
- obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
- reading difficultiesdyslexia, alexia, reading disorder, reading difficulty, word blindness
low literacyliteracy
Ability to read, write
reading proficiency · reading fluency · functional literacy · literate · well-read
low literacyerudition
Extensive scholarly knowledge
scholarly · well-educated · learned · well-read · academic achievement
lower, lowest, lowly, lowliness, lowness, literacy, literate, illiterate, illiteracy