unteach

[ uhn-teech ]

/ ʌnˈtitʃ /

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verb (used with object), un·taught, un·teach·ing.

to cause to be forgotten or disbelieved, as by contrary teaching.

to cause to forget or disbelieve something previously taught.

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Origin of unteach

First recorded in 1525–35; un-² + teach

Words nearby unteach

untangle, untapped, untarnished, untaught, untaxed, unteach, untenable, untended, untenured, Unter den Linden, Untermeyer

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How to use unteach in a sentence

That Elder Berries are poison, as we are taught by tradition, experience will unteach us.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)|Thomas Browne
As experience in the past has not taught it, experience in the future cannot unteach it.
Studies of Christianity|James Martineau
The rebel himself has taught a lesson to the world, which he can never unteach.
Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1.|Various
I don't dare teach him mine, much less unteach him his mother's.
John March, Southerner|George W. Cable

It was you who taught me to disdain adulation: will you unteach your pupil?'
The Last Days of Pompeii|Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for unteach

unteach

/ (ʌnˈtiːtʃ) /

verb -teaches, -teaching or -taught (tr) rare

to cause to disbelieve (teaching)

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