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unlearns

unlearns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unlearn.

Meaning of unlearn

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.
    • It was another lesson from Fort Hare that I had to unlearn in Johannesburg.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 80
  2. (transitive) To break a habit.

Questions about unlearns

What is unlearns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unlearns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unlearn.

Words near unlearns in the dictionary

  1. unlearnedness
  2. unlearner
  3. unlearners
  4. unlearning
  5. unlearnings
  6. unlearns
  7. unlearnt
  8. unleasable
  9. unleased
  10. unleash
  11. unleash Chiang

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