Adjective: unlearned ,ún'lur-nid or ún'lurnd
- Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
"an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues";
- ignorant, nescient, unlettered
- Not well learned
"His unlearned recitation was full of mistakes"
- Not established by conditioning or learning
"The infant's unlearned reflexes were tested";
- unconditioned, innate
- 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"
See also: uneducated, unscholarly
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