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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

unlearned
    adj 1: not established by conditioning or learning; "an
           unconditioned reflex" [syn: unconditioned, innate,
           unlearned] [ant: conditioned, learned]
    2: not well learned
    3: 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" [syn:
       ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Unlearned \Un*learn"ed\, a. [Pref. un- + learned.]
   1. Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.
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   2. Not gained by study; not known.
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   3. Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses.
      [1913 Webster] -- Un*learn"ed*ly, adv. --
      Un*learn"ed*ness, n.
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Thesaurus Results for unlearned:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Gothic, Philistine, automatic, barbarous, bookless, deceived, functionally illiterate, grammarless, heathen, hoodwinked, ill-educated, illiterate, impulsive, inherent, innate, instinctive, involuntary, led astray, libidinal, lowbrow, misinformed, misinstructed, mistaught, natural, nonintellectual, pagan, rude, spontaneous, subliminal, unbooked, unbookish, unbooklearned, unbriefed, unconscious, uncultivated, uncultured, unedified, uneducated, unerudite, unguided, uninstructed, unintellectual, unlettered, unliterary, unread, unrefined, unscholarly, unschooled, unstudious, untaught, untutored

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