innumerate

English

Etymology

in- +‎ numerate

Adjective

innumerate (comparative more innumerate, superlative most innumerate)

  1. Lacking numeracy.

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:
      Some innumerates simply refuse to accept that this decade, this century, this millennium all began on Jan. 1, 2001.
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