Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unlearned

/ʌnˈlɝnɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: un-learned
IPA: /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.

adj

Of a behavior: not learned; innate.

adj

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

verb

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

Example Sentences

"How much do I know / To talk out of turn / You might say that I'm young / You might say I'm unlearned / But there's one thing I know / Though I'm younger than you / Even Jesus would never / Forgive what you do"
"Did she ever return? No, she never returned. Her fate is yet unlearned Though for years and years there were fond ones watching For the ship that never returned."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: unlerned, unlernyd
Suffix: unlearn

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/
British English: /ʌnˈlɜːnɪd/

Inflected Forms

more unlearned (comparative) most unlearned (superlative) unlearnt (alternative)

Derived Forms

unlearnedly unlearnedness

Synonyms

benighted cimmerian clueless foolish ignorant ill-informed illiterate innocent lack-learning lay lewd loreless

Antonyms

learned

Questions

How do you pronounce unlearned?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/.
What does unlearned mean?: ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
Where does unlearned come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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