情じょう弱じゃく

noun

information-poor person; person with limited info access

Neutral abbreviation of 情報弱者. Refers to people who have limited access to information due to economic, geographic, or social factors, not necessarily lack of skill.

See also: 情報弱者

• 高こう齢れい者しゃは情じょう報ほう格かく差さによって情じょう弱じゃくになりやすい。

  Elderly people are prone to becoming information-poor due to the digital divide.

noun

Internet illiterate; person inept at online info

Slang and often derogatory. Used for someone who is bad at finding or evaluating information online, not just lacking access.

• あいつは情じょう弱じゃくだから、ネットで簡かん単たんに騙だまされる。

  That guy is an Internet illiterate, so he gets easily scammed online.