0 the condition of not being able to read or write well enough to do things that are needed for living and working in society:
There's a high rate of functional illiteracy here.
Levels of functional illiteracy are around double those in other cities.
The major cause of these students' difficulties was functional illiteracy.
There are huge pockets of functional illiteracy in the adult population.
The functional illiteracy rate in our area is 52 percent.
Functional illiteracy is distinguished from pure illiteracy, where someone cannot read or write at all.
