unlearned
pronunciation
How to pronounce unlearned in British English:
UK ['ʌn'lɜ:nɪd]
How to pronounce unlearned in American English:
US [ʌn'lɜnɪd]
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- Adjective:
- not established by conditioning or learning
- not well learned
- lacking general education or knowledge
Word Origin
- unlearned (adj.)
- c. 1400, "ignorant," from un- (1) "not" + learned (adj.). From 1530s as "not acquired by learning," from past participle of learn (v.). Old English had unlæred.
Example
- 1. Somewhere throughout the years we unlearned this important trait .
- 2. A lawyer is not unlearned profession .
- 3. He was not unlearned in history .
- 4. Breathing is an unlearned act .
- 5. Our sales director is unlearned .