unlearned
/ʌnˈlɝnɪd/adjective, verb
unlearned is spelled U-N-L-E-A-R-N-E-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, unlearned means “ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unlearned?
| Letters | 9: U-N-L-E-A-R-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is unlearned?
Unlearned appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unlearned?
- UK /ʌnˈlɜːnɪd/
- US /ʌnˈlɝnɪd/
As an adjective (“Of a behavior: not learned; innate”): /ʌnˈlɜːnd/, /ʌnˈlɝnd/.
Unlearned has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with unlearned?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unlearned from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹnɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of unlearned
- more unlearned comparative
- most unlearned superlative
- unlearnt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unlearned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained.
- 2
Of a behavior: not learned; innate.
- 3
Of information: that has not (yet) been learned; unknown.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of unlearn (“discard the knowledge of”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unlearned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense uneducated:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unlearned come from?
From Middle English unlerned (“not taught, uneducated”). By surface analysis, un- (“not”) + learned (“educated”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).