unlearnt

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nt

Etymology 1

From Middle English unlernd, equivalent to unlearn + -t.

Verb

unlearnt

  1. simple past and past participle of unlearn

Etymology 2

From un- (not) + learnt.

Adjective

unlearnt (comparative more unlearnt, superlative most unlearnt)

  1. Innate, inherent or inborn.
    Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals.
  2. 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?
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