Verb: unlearn (unlearned, also unlearnt) ,ún'lurn
- Try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge
"She struggled to unlearn the misinformation she had been taught"
- Discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
"He had to unlearn his aggressive driving habits"
Derived forms: unlearns, unlearning, unlearned, unlearnt
Type of: bury, cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, disremember [US, informal], fling, forget, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
Encyclopedia: Unlearn