unlearn

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ʌnˈləːn/
• (America) IPA: /ʌnˈlɝn/

Verb

unlearn (unlearns, present participle unlearning; past and past participle unlearned)

1. (transitive) To discard the knowledge of.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 80:

     It was another lesson from Fort Hare that I had to unlearn in Johannesburg.

2. (transitive) To break a habit.

Translations

• Portuguese: desaprender
• Russian: разу́чиваться

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