Advertisement

Advertisement

unlearnt

/ ʌnˈlɜːnt, ʌnˈlɜːnd /

adjective

  1. denoting knowledge or skills innately present and therefore not learnt

  2. not learnt or taken notice of

    unlearnt lessons

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Uncle," Harry cried—he hadn't unlearnt to think of him and call him by that fond old name, then—"uncle, I've been conquering myself.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Everything new means something to be unlearnt, and your downright man will respect the ancient dogmas and accuse the new evangelist of failing in the sensus recti.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

We have diverged so far in order prominently to bring before the reader the nature and source of the hypothesis that the gift of "tongues" signifies instantaneous power to speak unlearnt foreign languages.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Such subterfuges show a measure of sensibility, for a hardened liar would despise the shifts, and are curious as illustrations of the childish conscience and its unlearnt casuistry.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

When one eye becomes blind, or when binocular vision for other reasons is lost, the impulse is gradually, as it were, unlearnt.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


unlearnedunleash