Unlearnt

//ʌnˈlɜːnt// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of unlearn form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Innate, inherent or inborn.

    "Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals."

  2. 2
    Uneducated.

    "The critic, Dennis, was not an unlearnt man, he felt the misery of public contempt and neglect in his latter days."

Synonyms

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unlearnedcongenitalconnateconnaturalignorantinborn

Example

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"Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unlernd, equivalent to unlearn + -t.

Etymology 2

From un- (“not”) + learnt.

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