unteach

[uhn-teech]

verb (used with object)

untaught, unteaching 

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

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

unteach

/ ʌnˈtiːtʃ /

verb

1. to cause to disbelieve (teaching)

Word History and Origins

Origin of unteach¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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We can’t unteach every poisonous idea that lodges itself in a man’s head before he opens fire.

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"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."

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I don't know how to unteach him that - I don't even know if I should.

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“It’s easier to teach people than to unteach them,” he said.

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