unlearned
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English unlerned (“not taught, uneducated”), equivalent to un- (“not”) + learned (“educated”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unlearned (comparative more unlearned, superlative most unlearned)
- ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ignorant
- Antonym: learned
- 1963, “Masters of War” (track 3, side 1), in Bob Dylan (lyrics), (traditional)/Jean Ritchie (music), The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, performed by Bob Dylan:
- How much do I know / To talk out of turn / You might say that I'm young / You might say I'm unlearned / But there's one thing I know / Though I'm younger than you / Even Jesus would never / Forgive what you do
Translations
[edit]uneducated
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Etymology 2
[edit]From un- (“not”) + learned (“studied”), past participle of learn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unlearned (comparative more unlearned, superlative most unlearned)
- Of a behavior: not learned; innate.
- Synonyms: inborn, inherent; see also Thesaurus:innate
- Of information: that has not (yet) been learned; unknown.
- 1865, Henry Clay Work (lyrics and music), “The Ship That Never Returned”:
- Did she ever return? No, she never returned.
Her fate is yet unlearned
Though for years and years there were fond ones watching
For the ship that never returned.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle English unlernyd (“obliterated from memory, forgotten”), equivalent to unlearn + -ed.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]unlearned
- simple past and past participle of unlearn (“discard the knowledge of”)
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