unlearn

Verb

Meaning

To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

To fail to learn.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

miss lose blank exclude forget neglect bury forgive disregard unlearned disarrange misremember forgetting unlearning disremember
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Antonyms

see get training nation remember recall
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Hypernyms

forget toss bury discard dispose fling

Phrases with the word

unlearn and relearn

Derivatives

unlearnt

Anagrams

annuler

Examples

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn. Gloria Steinem

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn. Larry Niven

By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education. Alvin Toffler

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn. Desiderius Erasmus

When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, “Not to unlearn what you have learned!”. Diogenes Laërtius

The monkey says there is nothing better than poverty to unlearn man of his conceit. Ghana Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unleaky unleal unlean unlearn and relearn unlearnability unlearnable