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Definition of unlearn
transitive verb
1 : to put out of one's knowledge or memory
2 : to undo the effect of : discard the habit of
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Examples of unlearn in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples of unlearn from the Web
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One of the things Polyak said administrators and teachers must unlearn is something as simple as the set up of a classroom.
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Job One for Daniel and his housemates is unlearning the lessons of incarceration.
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A team of German researchers has shown that these associations can be unlearned through the administration of placebo, making chemo easier to bear.
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First Known Use of unlearn
15th century
UNLEARN Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of unlearn for English Language Learners
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: to forget and stop doing (something, such as a habit) in a deliberate way because it is bad or incorrect
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