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un⋅learn

  [uhn-lurn]
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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME unlernen. See un- 2 , learn
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un·learn   (ŭn-lûrn')   
tr.v.   un·learned also un·learnt (-lûrnt'), un·learn·ing, un·learns

  1. To put (something learned) out of the mind; forget.

  2. To undo the effect of; put aside the practice of: tried to unlearn his habit of nail-biting.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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