unlearn

[US]/ʌn'lɜːn/
[UK]/ʌnˈlɚn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. borrar de la memoria
Word Forms
Gerundiounlearning
Pasadounlearnt
Participio pasadounlearnt
Tercera persona singularunlearns
Pluralunlearns

Example Sentences

He was not unlearned in history.

Él no estaba desinformado sobre la historia.

tried to unlearn smoking.

intentó olvidar cómo fumar.

an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues;

un grupo no instruido incapaz de comprender temas complejos;

the unlearned responses of our inner world.

las respuestas no aprendidas de nuestro mundo interior.

teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling children.

Se les pide a los maestros que desaprendan reglas rígidas para etiquetar a los niños.

teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling and placing children.

Se les pide a los maestros que desaprendan reglas rígidas para etiquetar y ubicar a los niños.

Ian Stevenson, M.D., Unlearned Language -- New Studies in Xenoglossy, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1984.

Ian Stevenson, M.D., Lenguaje no aprendido – Nuevos estudios sobre xenoglósica, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1984.

Real-world Examples

One who seeks the Tao unlearns something new every day.

Source: The wisdom of Laozi's life.

It's a form of innate or unlearned optimism.

Source: Past exam translation questions for the English graduate entrance examination.

I can't unlearn how to treat a lady.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

So how can I " forget" or " unlearn" this wanting for pesto?

Source: WIL Life Revelation

With help, people who are brainwashed can unlearn this coping mechanism.

Source: VOA Special August 2019 Collection

But, as we grow up, most of us slowly unlearn it.

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

The good news is that what is unlearned can be learned again.

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

So it's going to be very hard to unlearn celebrating on your own.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

And that was the moment we unlearned that other lesson we had just learned a few seconds earlier.

Source: How I Met Your Mother: The Video Version (Season 5)

Your brain would never get that " reward" signal, and your brain would unlearn to want alcohol.

Source: WIL Life Revelation

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