un·learn·ed

[uhn-lur-nid for 1, 2, 5; uhn-lurnd for 3, 4]
adjective
1.
not learned; not scholarly or erudite.
2.
uneducated; untaught; unschooled; ignorant.
3.
not acquired by instruction, study, etc.
4.
known without being learned.
5.
of or pertaining to uneducated persons.

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

un·learn·ed·ly, adverb
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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un·learn

[uhn-lurn]
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 Middle English unlernen. See un-2, learn

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unlearn (ʌnˈlɜːn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , -learns, -learning, -learned, -learnt
to try to forget (something learnt) or to discard (accumulated knowledge)

unlearned (ʌnˈlɜːnɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
ignorant or untaught
 
un'learnedly
 
adv

unlearnt or unlearned (ʌnˈlɜːnt, ʌnˈlɜːnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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