unlearn

[US]/ʌn'lɜːn/
[UK]/ʌnˈlɚn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. erase from memory

Example Sentences

He was not unlearned in history.

tried to unlearn smoking.

an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues;

the unlearned responses of our inner world.

teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling children.

teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling and placing children.

Ian Stevenson, M.D., Unlearned Language -- New Studies in Xenoglossy, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1984.

Real-world Examples

One who seeks the Tao unlearns something new every day.

Source: The wisdom of Laozi's life.

It's a form of innate or unlearned optimism.

Source: Past exam translation questions for the English graduate entrance examination.

I can't unlearn how to treat a lady.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

So how can I " forget" or " unlearn" this wanting for pesto?

Source: WIL Life Revelation

With help, people who are brainwashed can unlearn this coping mechanism.

Source: VOA Special August 2019 Collection

But, as we grow up, most of us slowly unlearn it.

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

The good news is that what is unlearned can be learned again.

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

So it's going to be very hard to unlearn celebrating on your own.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

And that was the moment we unlearned that other lesson we had just learned a few seconds earlier.

Source: How I Met Your Mother: The Video Version (Season 5)

Your brain would never get that " reward" signal, and your brain would unlearn to want alcohol.

Source: WIL Life Revelation

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