innumerate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English numerate
English innumerate

    From in- + numerate.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɪˈnjuːmə.ɹət/, /ɪˈnuːmə.ɹət/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    innumerate (comparative more innumerate, superlative most innumerate)

    1. Lacking numeracy.
      Coordinate term: illiterate
      • 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, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:
        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.

    Noun

    innumerate (plural innumerates)

    1. One who lacks numeracy skills.
      Coordinate term: illiterate
      • 2009 October 6, Clyde Haberman, “Regarding Jonah, Dinkins, Bloomberg and the Importance of a Yankees Victory”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 January 2025:
        Some innumerates simply refuse to accept that this decade, this century, this millennium all began on Jan. 1, 2001.
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