unlearn
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flash back (to), hark back (to), harken back (to), hearken back (to), mind [chiefly dialect], recall, recollect, remember, reminisce (about), think (of)
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Whereas Jack, one guesses, was able to unlearn this ability as the world changed around him. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Wallace Shawn’s Late Night," 17 Jan. 2018 Those damaging myths must be unlearned, but all too often they're perpetuated by brands who won't cast us in runway shows or in ad campaigns. — Rajee Aerie, Teen Vogue, "Rajee Aerie Talks Representation for Disabled People in the Lingerie Market," 20 Nov. 2018 Directors have had to unlearn all the old ways it was once done. Billowing drapery, the dimming of lights, a sudden curtain: that entire evasive language is old hat, as obsolete a thing now as barrel staves and buggy whips. — Max Maller, Chicago Reader, "Fucking Men struggles with onstage intimacy realness," 11 July 2018 At four months, the twins unlearned how to sleep through the night and began waking every 20 minutes. — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, "The Parent Trip: Christy and Brian Fitzpatrick of Upper Dublin," 4 July 2018 She's probably used to hunching while playing and will have to unlearn that. — Amy Watts, baltimoresun.com, "'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Athletes season kicks off with double elimination," 2 May 2018 That Wall Street would flirt with bad habits just 10 years after the same habits rocked the global economy is just the latest example of the United States trying to unlearn the lessons of the catastrophe. — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, "Subprime mortgage bonds are making a comeback," 30 Mar. 2018 But don’t forget that there is also much to unlearn. — John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, "What an editor can learn from a dog-whistle edit," 29 Mar. 2018 And if it was taught one way, it can be unlearned and taught another way. — Lily Rothman, Time, "New Orleans Mayor on Fixing the Story of Race in America: ‘If It Was Taught One Way, It Can Be Unlearned’," 19 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unlearn.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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