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Adjective: unlearned  ,ún'lur-nid or ún'lurnd
  1. Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
    "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues";
    - ignorant, nescient, unlettered
     
  2. Not well learned
    "His unlearned recitation was full of mistakes"
     
  3. Not established by conditioning or learning
    "The infant's unlearned reflexes were tested";
    - unconditioned, innate
Verb: unlearn (unlearned, also unlearnt)  ,ún'lurn
  1. Try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge
    "She struggled to unlearn the misinformation she had been taught"
     
  2. 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