unlearnt
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English unlernd, equivalent to unlearn + -t.
Adjective
unlearnt (comparative more unlearnt, superlative most unlearnt)
- Innate, inherent or inborn.
- Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals.
- Uneducated.
- 1827, The Whitby Magazine, and Monthly Literary Journal, page 311:
- The critic, Dennis, was not an unlearnt man, he felt the misery of public contempt and neglect in his latter days.
- 2005, Oneil McQuick, The Voice..., page 457:
- When Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost, especially being an unlearnt man, wasn't the lord [sic] speaking through him?
Synonyms
- (innate, inherent or inborn): inborn, innate, inherent; See also Thesaurus:innate
- (not educated): uneducated, untrained; See also Thesaurus:ignorant
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