unteach

American  

[uhn-teech] / ʌnˈtitʃ /

verb (used with object)

untaught, unteaching

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

2. to cause to forget or disbelieve something previously taught.

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unteach British  

/ ʌnˈtiːtʃ /

verb

1. to cause to disbelieve (teaching)

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Etymology

Origin of unteach

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

Example Sentences

“It’s exactly what I try to unteach physicians,” she said.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2021

"You are not born a racist, it's taught by your parents, your environment, school. We want to unteach it, to use the same institutions reproducing stereotypes to turn them around."

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2020

Whatever he learned in law school, no one could unteach him, whether he practiced or not.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2017

With the intimacy avoiders—the screamers, she has to unteach them the bad habits first.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2013

For instance Agassiz would rather take wholly uninstructed people—"for he has to unteach them all they have learnt."

From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry