IGNORANT, ILLITERATE, UNLETTERED, UNTUTORED, UNLEARNED

IGNORANT, ILLITERATE, UNLETTERED, UNTUTORED, UNLEARNED mean not having knowledge.

IGNORANT may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing *an ignorant fool* *ignorant of nuclear physics*.

ILLITERATE applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write *much of the population is still illiterate*.

UNLETTERED implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading *an allusion meaningless to the unlettered*.

UNTUTORED may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization *strange monuments built by an untutored people*.

UNLEARNED suggests ignorance of advanced subjects *poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses*.