unlearned

unlearn (ʌnˈlɜːn)

—vb , -learns, -learning, -learned, -learnt
	to try to forget (something learnt) or to discard (accumulated knowledge)

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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Example sentences

These data can be used to focus school community efforts on important knowledge

and skills that might otherwise go unlearned.

He was profoundly interested in spelling reform, which he actively urged upon

both the learned and the unlearned.

Since these behaviors are learned, they can also be unlearned.

It can be reflexive, casual, an old habit never unlearned.

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"A classical education, or at any rate a very extensive
acquaintance with English literature, ancient and modern, appears
to me quite indispensable for the person who would do any justice
to your clergyman; and I think I may boast myself to be, with all
possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who
ever dared to be an authoress."

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