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Webster 1913 Edition


Unlearn

Un-learn′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
learn
.]
1.
To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.
I had learned nothing right; I had to
unlearn
everything.
Milner.
2.
To fail to learn.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unlearn

UNLEARN'

,
Verb.
T.
unlern'. To forget or lose what has been learned. It is most important to us all to unlearn the errors of our early education.
I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything.

Definition 2024


unlearn

unlearn

English

Verb

unlearn (third-person singular simple present unlearns, present participle unlearning, simple past and past participle unlearned or unlearnt)

  1. (transitive) To discard the knowledge of.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 80:
      It was another lesson from Fort Hare that I had to unlearn in Johannesburg.
  2. (transitive) To break a habit.
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