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unlearned

[uhn-lur-nid for 1, 2, 5; uhn-lurnd for 3, 4]

adjective

not learned; not scholarly or erudite.

uneducated; untaught; unschooled; ignorant.

not acquired by instruction, study, etc.

known without being learned.

of or pertaining to uneducated persons.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English unlerned. See un-¹, learned

Related forms

un·learn·ed·ly, adverb

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verb (used with object)

to forget or lose knowledge of.

to discard or put aside certain knowledge as being false or binding: to unlearn preconceptions.

verb (used without object)

to lose or discard knowledge.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English unlernen. See un-², learn

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unlearned (ʌnˈlɜːnɪd)

—*adj*
	ignorant or untaught

un'learnedly

—*adv*

unlearnt or unlearned (ʌnˈlɜːnt, ʌnˈlɜːnd)

—*adj*
1.	denoting knowledge or skills innately present and therefore not learnt
2.	not learnt or taken notice of: unlearnt lessons

unlearned or unlearned

—*adj*

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"The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible and going to waste; the knowledge of the man of science is like timber collected in yards for public works, which still supports a green sprout here and there, but even this is liable to dry rot."

-Henry David Thoreau

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