Unlearn
[ʌn'lɜːn]
Definition
(verb.) discard something previously learnt, like an old habit.
(verb.) try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge.
Typist: Mabel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.
(v. t.) To fail to learn.
Edited by Hardy
Definition
v.t. to forget or lose what has been learned.—v.i. to become ignorant.—adj. Unlear′ned not learned: ignorant.—adv. Unlear′nedly.—n. Unlear′nedness.
Checker: Salvatore
Examples
- But since we cannot unlearn our knowledge, Mr. Chesterton is only telling us to eat caviare on principle. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I was rough as the elements, and unlearned as the animals I tended. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For modern psychology emphasizes the radical importance of primitive unlearned instincts of exploring, experimentation, and trying on. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is no learning except from a beginning in unlearned powers, but learning is not a matter of the spontaneous overflow of the unlearned powers. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- While yet but half-conscious of this state of things, and unlearned in its results, I got on in my new sphere very well. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Edited by Bonita