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unlearned¹

  • /ʌnˈlɜːnɪd/ UK
  • /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/ US

Where it comes from

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

adjective more unlearned · most unlearned · unlearnt

  1. ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained. How much do I know / To talk out of turn / You might say that I'm young / You might say I'm unlearned / But there's one thing I know / Though I'm younger than you / Even Jesus would never / Forgive what you do

    Similar: benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish, ignorant, ill-informed, illiterate, innocent, lack-learning, lay, lewd, loreless · Opposite: learned

unlearned²

  • /ʌnˈlɜːnd/ UK
  • /ʌnˈlɝnd/ US

Where it comes from

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

adjective more unlearned · most unlearned · unlearnt

  1. Of a behavior: not learned; innate.

    Similar: inborn, inherent, connate, connatural, congenital, congenite, genetous, inbred, indigenous, ingenite, innate, native

  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.

unlearned³

  • /ʌnˈlɜːnd/ UK
  • /ʌnˈlɝnd/ US

Where it comes from

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

verb unlearnt

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

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adj uneducated

Françaisinérudit, illettré, inculte, ignorant

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"unlearned." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unlearned.

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@misc{unlearned_2026,
  title = {unlearned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unlearned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}