Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unlearnt

/ʌnˈlɝnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-learnt
IPA: /ʌnˈlɝnt/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of unlearn

adj

Innate, inherent or inborn.

adj

Example Sentences

"Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals."
"The critic, Dennis, was not an unlearnt man, he felt the misery of public contempt and neglect in his latter days."
"When Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost, especially being an unlearnt man, wasn't the lord ^([sic]) speaking through him?"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-
Root: unlernd
Suffix: unlearn

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʌnˈlɝnt/
British English: /ʌnˈlɜːnt/

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

inborn innate inherent uneducated untrained

Rhymes With

weren't burnt learnt turnt unburnt relearnt

Questions

How do you pronounce unlearnt?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈlɝnt/.
What does unlearnt mean?: simple past and past participle of unlearn
Where does unlearnt come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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