English Explanatory Dictionary

unlearned

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.

adj

Of a behavior: not learned; innate.
Of information: that has not (yet) been learned; unknown.

verb

simple past and past participle of unlearn (“discard the knowledge of”)

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈlɜːnɪd/ /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/ /ʌnˈlɜːnd/ /ʌnˈlɝnd/

Word forms

unlearned more unlearned most unlearned unlearnt

Etymology

From Middle English unlerned (“not taught, uneducated”). By surface analysis, un- (“not”) + learned (“educated”).

Synonyms

benighted cimmerian clueless foolish ignorant ill-informed illiterate innocent lack-learning lay lewd loreless nescient oblivious philistine tenebrose unaware uncultivated uncultured uneducated unenlightened unerudite uninformed unknowing unknowledgeable unlearned unlearnt unlettered unmindful unread unscholarly unschooled untaught untrained untutored unwitting inborn inherent connate connatural congenital congenite genetous inbred indigenous ingenite innate native natural to the manner born

Antonyms

learned

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