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. 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 See All Example Sentences for unlearn
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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
  • 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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