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unlearnt

Syllables: un·learnt/ʌnˈlɜːnt/US/ʌnˈlɝnt/

unlearnt is the simple past and past participle of unlearn.

Adjective

unlearnt (comparative more unlearnt, superlative most unlearnt)

  1. Innate, inherent or inborn.
    • Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals.
    Synonyms:
    inborn
  2. Uneducated.
    • The critic, Dennis, was not an unlearnt man, he felt the misery of public contempt and neglect in his latter days.1827, The Whitby Magazine, and Monthly Literary Journal, page 311
    • When Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost, especially being an unlearnt man, wasn't the lord ^([sic]) speaking through him?2005, Oneil McQuick, The Voice..., page 457
    Synonyms:
    uneducated

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.

Synonyms of unlearnt

Forms of unlearnt

Verb
alternative formunlearned
Adjective
comparativemore unlearnt
superlativemost unlearnt

Origin of unlearnt

From Middle English unlernd, equivalent to unlearn + -t.

From un- (“not”) + learnt.

Words that rhyme with unlearnt

Questions about unlearnt

What does unlearnt mean?
Unlearnt means innate, inherent or inborn.
What is unlearnt the simple past and past participle of?
Unlearnt is the simple past and past participle of unlearn.
What part of speech is unlearnt?
Unlearnt is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unlearnt?
Unlearnt is pronounced /ʌnˈlɜːnt/ (UK).

Words near unlearnt in the dictionary

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

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