unlearn
verb (used with object)
to forget or lose knowledge of.
had unlearned
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past perfectof unlearn.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I had unlearned to be a man and a father; but will again become one, even at this late hour of my life.'
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Carl Franz van der Velde
The aims that once inspired them, inspired them still: they had progressed in one point only: they had unlearned moderation, they knew not modesty; in such wise that one might despair of their recovery.
From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Arthur Orlo Norton
It induced them to remember who and what they are; to feel themselves, what they had unlearned, a people apart; and to demand for themselves a normal national destiny.
From Zionism and Anti-Semitism Zionism by Nordau; and Anti-Semitism by Gottheil by Max Simon Nordau
The aims that once inspired them, inspired them still; they only had progressed in one point, they had unlearned moderation, they knew not modesty.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
