unlearn

American  

[uhn-lurn] / ʌnˈlɜrn /

verb (used with object)

unlearns, present (3rd person singular) unlearned, past participle, past unlearnt, past participle, past unlearning present participle

1. to forget or lose knowledge of.

2. to discard or put aside certain knowledge as being false or binding.

   to unlearn preconceptions.

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verb (used without object)

unlearns, present (3rd person singular) unlearned, past participle, past unlearnt, past participle, past unlearning present participle

1. to lose or discard knowledge.

unlearn British  

/ ʌnˈlɜːn /

verb

1. to try to forget (something learnt) or to discard (accumulated knowledge)

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

Participles

• unlearning
  present
• unlearned
  past
• unlearnt
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• unlearn
  simple
• unlearns
  simple
• have unlearned
  perfect
• have unlearnt
  perfect
• has unlearned
  perfect
• has unlearnt
  perfect
• am unlearning
  progressive
• are unlearning
  progressive
• is unlearning
  progressive
• have been unlearning
  perfect progressive
• has been unlearning
  perfect progressive

Past

• unlearned
  simple
• unlearnt
  simple
• had unlearned
  perfect
• had unlearnt
  perfect
• was unlearning
  progressive
• were unlearning
  progressive
• had been unlearning
  perfect progressive

Future

• will unlearn
  simple
• will have unlearned
  perfect
• will have unlearnt
  perfect
• will be unlearning
  progressive
• will have been unlearning
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of unlearn

First recorded in 1400–50, unlearn is from the late Middle English word unlernen. See un- ², learn