unlearned; unlearning; unlearns
1
: to put out of one's knowledge or memory
2
: to undo the effect of : discard the habit of
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It is hard to unlearn bad habits.
let's hope that over the summer I don't unlearn everything I learned over the course of this past year
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Our Best Actor brings depth and complexity to a performance of deceptive simplicity, as his character struggles to unlearn a lifetime of avoiding emotional closeness.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2025
Mario Kart veterans must spend time unlearning their drifting muscle memory due to Air Riders' wildly different angles and timing.
—PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Now in her adulthood, Hall has spent years unlearning those pressures and rethinking what health and body image should really mean.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Unlearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlearn. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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unlearn
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un·learn
ˌən-ˈlərn 
: to put out of one's knowledge or memory
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