as in to forget
to be unable to recall or think of
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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Recent Examples of unlearn
The Atlantic: The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler: A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.
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Cate Martel, The Hill, 4 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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Cate Martel, The Hill, 4 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlearn
forget
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Turner hasn’t forgotten the diligence his younger teammate showed throughout what could have been a frustrating period of his career.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And the word Spanx made your mind wander a little bit and nobody ever forgot it.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Unlearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlearn. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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