Meaning & use
unlearned
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Lacking formal education or knowledge; also describes a lesson, habit, or skill that has not been learned or acquired.
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The unlearned villagers relied on oral tradition to pass down their history.
Some lessons about failure simply cannot be unlearned once experienced.
A note on using this word
Has two distinct uses: describing a person without education, and describing something not yet learned or, confusingly, something 'undone' after being learned.
Words with a similar meaning
uneducateduntaught
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