unlearn
verb (used with object)
to forget or lose knowledge of.
Example Sentences
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When attackers retrained models on dangerous knowledge, capabilities removed by conventional unlearning sprang back to nearly full strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
They may have difficulty updating their beliefs about what those cues mean and unlearning old associations that no longer apply.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 26, 2025
Letting go meant unlearning years of habitual behaviour.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
He does his own unlearning of anthropocentrism on the page through his intense experiences with these three rivers, concluding only when the rivers are done with him: “I am rivered.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
“Yes. I see that....Well, I thank you, Genry. But my business is unlearning, not learning. And I’d rather not yet learn an art that would change the world entirely.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
