Horace Heffner wrote:
At 11:58 AM 4/5/5, Jed Rothwell wrote:
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Bush may be honestly confused, because he appears to be
innumerate.)
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What an interesting and useful word you have coined there:
Jed didn't coin it.
Thus says the American Heritage Dictionary:
innumerate SYLLABICATION: in-nu-mer-ate ADJECTIVE: Unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods. NOUN: A person who is unfamiliar with mathematical concepts and methods. OTHER FORMS: in - numer - a - cy (noun)
innumerate, adj,
1. free of numbers, 2. numerically challenged, 3. unable to quantify or compute, 4. unfettered by quantitative reality.
This absolutely must be used in published works. It deserves to be in the OED. 8^)
Regards,
Horace Heffner
