unlearning

present participle of unlearn

Example Sentences

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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
  • Zulay Kitchen Sponge Holder Stop forgetting the kitchen sponge in the sink!
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Unlearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlearning. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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