unlearn
Use Unlearn in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to forget or lose knowledge of.
2.
to discard or put aside certain knowledge as being false or binding: to unlearn preconceptions.
verb (used without object)
3.
to lose or discard knowledge.
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unlearn (ʌnˈlɜːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -learns, -learning, -learned, -learnt | |
| to try to forget (something learnt) or to discard (accumulated knowledge) | |
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Unlearn
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Example sentences
We need urgently to help them unlearn what they're learning through the violence they see.
To work here, he's had to learn new techniques and unlearn some others to fit in.
It seems he cannot unlearn his less-educated ideas as to how science works or what it is for.
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