unlearning

present participle of unlearn

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Recent Examples of unlearning This process of shifting mindsets begins with women leaders unlearning what no longer serves them and intentionally choosing what to focus on. Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlearning
forgetting
Verb
  • Many CEOs have voiced their agreement with O’Leary—focusing too much on what’s coming next and forgetting about your current role can be a recipe for career disaster.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The robots could distinguish between important, real-time obstacles and unnecessary, outdated information using this human-like forgetting method.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Unlearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlearning. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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