Unlearn
/ʌnˈlɝn/ verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To discard the knowledge of. transitive
"It was another lesson from Fort Hare that I had to unlearn in Johannesburg."
- 2 discard something previously learnt, like an old habit wordnet
- 3 To break a habit. transitive
- 4 try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge wordnet
Example
More examples"The chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things."
Etymology
From Middle English unlernen. By surface analysis, un- + learn.