nonreader

One who does not read.

Noun

  1. One who does not read.
    • Wings' handling of the standard-issue Hammettesque equipment is light, fast, and witty enough to allow even inveterate non-readers of mysteries like myself to stay tuned. - 1988 December 11, Georgia Cotrell, “A Lezbeen...
    • “I am surprised because I hadn’t imagined how guilty nonreaders feel,” Mr. Bayard, 52, said in an interview. - 2007 February 24, Alan Riding, “Read It? No, but You Can Skim a Few Pages and Fake It”, in New York Times:

Origin

Etymology tree English non- English reader English nonreader From non- + reader.

Forms

nonreaders