Definition of UNLEARNED

unlearned

Meanings

Verb

  • try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge
  • discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
  • simple past and past participle of unlearn (“discard the knowledge of”)

Adjective

  • not established by conditioning or learning

Adjective Satellite

  • not well learned
  • uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
    • "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"

Adj

  • ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
  • Of a behavior: not learned; innate.
  • Of information: that has not (yet) been learned; unknown.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English unlerned (“not taught, uneducated”). By surface analysis, un- (“not”) + learned (“educated”).

Antonyms

conditioned, learned

Scrabble Score: 10

unlearned is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
unlearned is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unlearned is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

unlearned is a valid Words With Friends word