un·learn·ed

(ŭn-lûr′nĭd)

adj.

1. Not educated; ignorant or illiterate.

2. Not skilled or versed in a specified discipline.

3. (-lûrnd′) Not acquired by training or studying: an unlearned response.

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unlearned

(ʌnˈlɜːnɪd)

adj

ignorant or untaught

unˈlearnedly adv

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un•learn•ed

(ʌnˈlɜr nɪd for 1,2,5; ʌnˈlɜrnd for 3,4 )

adj.

1. uneducated; ignorant.

2. not scholarly or erudite; not learned.

3. not having been learned: an unlearned lesson.

4. known or possessed without having been learned.

[1350–1400]

un•learn′ed•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	unlearned - not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex" innate, unconditioned
	2.	unlearned - not well learned unscholarly - not scholarly
	3.	unlearned - uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" ignorant, nescient, unlettered uneducated - not having a good education

unlearned

adjective

1. Without education or knowledge:

ignorant, illiterate, nescient, uneducated, uninstructed, unschooled, untaught.

2. Lacking the requisite scholarship or instruction:

unscholarly, unstudious.

Translations

unlearned

[ˈʌnˈlɜːnɪd] ADJ → indocto, ignorante

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Too long hath solitude possessed me: thus have I unlearned to keep silence.

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Only among the lowly, the unlearned, and the poor was English heard.

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Among the threads of the past which the stricken man had gathered up, he had omitted the bill of sale; the flash of memory had only lit up prominent ideas, and he sank into forgetfulness again with half his humiliation unlearned.

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I thought he was trying to read my character, but I felt as secure against his scrutiny as if I had had on a casque with the visor down-or rather I showed him my countenance with the confidence that one would show an unlearned man a letter written in Greek; he might see lines, and trace characters, but he could make nothing of them; my nature was not his nature, and its signs were to him like the words of an unknown tongue.

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The Le Barge Indian was a young man, unlearned yet in his own limitations, and filled with pride.

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The point is, there is a problem and as members of society we are obligated to unlearn what needs to be unlearned and make room for necessary values in order to grow.

The lessons we practice daily

In previous encounters, Ruto has often slammed Joho as an 'unlearned governor who has failed to transform Mombasa'.

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The different ideologies passed down to us are either embraced or eventually unlearned -- and I'm hoping a generation of British Indians would have unlearned all the casual racism we witnessed against black people.

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It usually takes a crisis, or a tragedy, to force us to learn lessons unlearned. Metro Manila just had a near-Ondoy experience.

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As we went back to arguing about what fighting for a marriage entails, I realised that I had unlearned and learned something new.

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Effectively told us we couldn't possibly understand because we're the great unlearned.

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