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third-person singular simple present unlearns, present participle unlearning, simple past and past participle unlearned or unlearnt
(transitive) To discard the knowledge of. quotations examples
It was another lesson from Fort Hare that I had to unlearn in Johannesburg.
1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 80
It is a language that, once learnt, I have been unable to unlearn.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 231
(transitive) To break a habit. examples