unlearned

• unlearnt

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɜːnɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/

unlearned (comparative more unlearned, superlative most unlearned)

1. ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ignorant

   Antonym: learned

   • 1963, “Masters of War” (track 3, side 1), in Bob Dylan (lyrics), (traditional)/Jean Ritchie (music), The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, performed by Bob Dylan:

     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

From un- (“not”) +‎ learned (“studied”), past participle of learn.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɜːnd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɝnd/

unlearned (comparative more unlearned, superlative most unlearned)

1. Of a behavior: not learned; innate.

   Synonyms: inborn, inherent; see also Thesaurus:innate

2. Of information: that has not (yet) been learned; unknown.
   • 1865, Henry Clay Work, “The Ship That Never Returned”:

     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.

From Middle English unlernyd (“obliterated from memory, forgotten”), equivalent to unlearn +‎ -ed.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɜːnd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɝnd/

unlearned

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