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Meaning of UNLEARN

Pronunciation:  un'lurn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
  2. [v]  try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge
 
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 See Also: bury, cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, forget, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*learn"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + learn.]
1. To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory;
   also, to learn the contrary of.
         I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn
         everything.                           --Milner.
2. To fail to learn. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
 
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