untrain

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ train.

Verb

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untrain (third-person singular simple present untrains, present participle untraining, simple past and past participle untrained)

  1. To reverse or undo one's training; to become less trained than before
    • 2009 January 14, Patrick Healy, “Where Ballet Is a Boy Thing”, in New York Times[1]:
      The 11 girls [] are all trained dancers in real life who, for the purposes of "Billy Elliot," must untrain themselves for each performance and dance with two very left feet.

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