Unlearn

[un·learn]

Discard something previously learnt, like an old habit

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To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

Verb
discard something previously learnt, like an old habit

Verb
try to forget; put out of one''s memory or knowledge


v. t.
To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

v. t.
To fail to learn.


Unlearn

Un*learn" , v. t. [1st pref. un- + learn.] 1. To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.
I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything.
2. To fail to learn. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

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Usage Examples

The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

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Other Usage Examples

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.

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