What part of speech is unlearned?

Unlearned can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. unlearned is a verb, past participle of unlearn (infinitive).
  • 2. unlearned is a verb, past simple of unlearn (infinitive).
  • 3. unlearned is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • unlearned 
    more unlearned
    most unlearned
  • Positive: unlearned 
  • Comparative: more unlearned
  • Superlative: most unlearned

What does unlearned mean?

Definitions

Adjective
unlearned - not well learned
unlearned - uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
unlearned - not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex"

Verb
unlearn - discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
unlearn - try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge
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Examples of unlearned

#   Sentence  
1. adj. An unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues.
2. adj. Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
3. adj. We want to believe that people learned their behavior patterns because that allows us to feel some measure of confidence that parenting makes a difference; that positive life experiences can win out over negative ones; and that unhealthy, ineffective behaviors can be unlearned.
4. adj. The chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.
5. adj. Definitely I stopped reading what he writes, because I don't want to unlearn interlingua.
6. adj. The chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.
7. adj. Definitely I stopped reading what he writes, because I don't want to unlearn interlingua.
8. verb When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned."
9. verb The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
10. verb Playing the keyboard is like riding a bike, you cannot unlearn it.
11. verb One is never too old to unlearn bad habits.
12. verb The novice, however, has the advantage that he has nothing to unlearn, and can profit by the experience of others.
13. verb When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned."
14. verb The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
15. verb Playing the keyboard is like riding a bike, you cannot unlearn it.
16. verb One is never too old to unlearn bad habits.
17. verb The novice, however, has the advantage that he has nothing to unlearn, and can profit by the experience of others.
Sentence  
adj.
An unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues.
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
We want to believe that people learned their behavior patterns because that allows us to feel some measure of confidence that parenting makes a difference; that positive life experiences can win out over negative ones; and that unhealthy, ineffective behaviors can be unlearned.
The chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.
Definitely I stopped reading what he writes, because I don't want to unlearn interlingua.
The chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.
Definitely I stopped reading what he writes, because I don't want to unlearn interlingua.
verb
When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned."
The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
Playing the keyboard is like riding a bike, you cannot unlearn it.
One is never too old to unlearn bad habits.
The novice, however, has the advantage that he has nothing to unlearn, and can profit by the experience of others.
When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned."
The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
Playing the keyboard is like riding a bike, you cannot unlearn it.
One is never too old to unlearn bad habits.
The novice, however, has the advantage that he has nothing to unlearn, and can profit by the experience of others.
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