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
Whither hath their distress now gone?" said he, and already did he himself feel relieved of his petty disgust—"with me, it seemeth that they have unlearned their cries of distress!
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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
