unlearned
adjective
un·learned
for senses 1 & 2
ˌən-ˈlər-nəd
for sense 3
-ˈlərnd
1
: possessing inadequate learning or education
especially
: deficient in scholarly attainments
2
: characterized by or revealing ignorance
3
: not gained by study or training
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Examples of unlearned in a Sentence
although the people of the farming community were largely an unlearned lot, they wanted an advanced education for their children
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still does now.
—Uri Kaufman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still do now.
—Uri Kaufman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
Observers are left similarly unlearned about how the case might be decided.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
Still, there are lessons that remain unlearned.
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The racial disparities have left public health experts and activists frustrated that lessons from the Covid-19 response remain unlearned.
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Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Cannes, Loznitsa explained why the unlearned lessons of the past always come back to haunt us.
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And, today, the Biden Administration is learning that lessons from the 2014 Red Hill fuel leak went unlearned.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
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Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still does now.
—Uri Kaufman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still do now.
—Uri Kaufman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
Observers are left similarly unlearned about how the case might be decided.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
Still, there are lessons that remain unlearned.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 24 Feb. 2022
The racial disparities have left public health experts and activists frustrated that lessons from the Covid-19 response remain unlearned.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Cannes, Loznitsa explained why the unlearned lessons of the past always come back to haunt us.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022
And, today, the Biden Administration is learning that lessons from the 2014 Red Hill fuel leak went unlearned.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
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unlearned
adjective
un·learned
ˌən-ˈlər-nəd
for sense 1,
ˌən-ˈlərnd
for senses 2 & 3
1
: not learned : uneducated, illiterate
a good but unlearned man
2
: not learned by study : not known
lessons unlearned by many
3
: not learned by previous experience
breathing is unlearned behavior
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