Unlearnt
/ʌnˈlɜːnt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of unlearn form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Innate, inherent or inborn.
"Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals."
- 2 Uneducated.
"The critic, Dennis, was not an unlearnt man, he felt the misery of public contempt and neglect in his latter days."
Example
More examples"Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English unlernd, equivalent to unlearn + -t.
Etymology 2
From un- (“not”) + learnt.