unlearn
verb (used with object)
to forget or lose knowledge of.
have unlearned
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present perfectof unlearn.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Artists should have unlearned having one platform being their main vehicle,” Columbia’s Flanagan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
“Artists should have unlearned having one platform being their main vehicle,” Flanagan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
They have unlearned how to do anything but hold each other for time, fatally unaware of how much the other fighter has left in the tank.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
Divorced from the people they misuse them; nominal chiefs, they have unlearned the function of an effective chief; having lost all public character they abate nothing of their private advantages.
From The Ancient Regime by John Durand
That he should have unlearned all their lessons seems out of the question.
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh
