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unlearned

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɜːnd/ / /ʌnˈlɝnd/

adj

Etymology: From un- (“not”) + learned (“studied”), past participle of learn.

  1. Of a behavior: not learned; innate.
  2. Of information: that has not (yet) been learned; unknown.

    Did she ever return? No, she never returned. Her fate is yet unlearned Though for years and years there were fond ones watching For the ship that never returned.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English unlernyd (“obliterated from memory, forgotten”), equivalent to unlearn + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of unlearn (“discard the knowledge of”)