Unlearned

Definition: Unlearned

Unlearned

Adjective

1. Not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex".

2. Not well learned.

3. Lacking general education or knowledge; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions".

Date "unlearned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Unlearned \Un*learn"ed\, adjective. [Prefix un- learned.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Unlearned

Synonyms: ignorant (adj), innate (adj), nescient (adj), unconditioned (adj), unenlightened (adj), unlettered (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: conditioned (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ignorance	Shallow, superficial, green, rude, empty, half-learned, illiterate; unread, uninformed, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unbookish; empty-headed,dizzy, wooly-headed; pedantic;
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unlearned

English words defined with "unlearned": Bookless, Borrel ♦ Clerkless ♦ ignorant, inborn reflex, Incony, Inerudite, innate reflex, instinctive reflex ♦ nescient ♦ physiological reaction ♦ reflex ♦ unconditioned reflex, unenlightened, unlettered. (references)

Etymologies containing "unlearned": Clerkless. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Unlearned Language: New Studies in Xenoglossy (reference) Unlearned Lessons (reference) Unlearned Lessons: Current and Past Reforms for School Improvement (reference) Untaught and Unlearned Knowledge: Christianity's Inevitable Global Triumph (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Benjamin Franklin	The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
Quintilian	The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889; 1893-1897	The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their Government its functions do not include the support of the people.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Unlearned" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unlearned" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	13	97,576

Expression using "unlearned": unlearned person. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "unlearned"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		xhahil (ignorant, unlearned person), i pamësuar (artless, inexpert, raw, unaccustomed, uncustomary, undisciplined, unfamiliar, unlettered, unused), i paedukuar (dark, ignoramus, ill bred, ill mannered, illiberal, indocile, inurbane, mannerless, rude, uneducated, unenlightened, unintelligent, unmannerly, unnurtured, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored, without cultural interests), i paditur (accused, ignoramus, ignorant, impious, incognizant, inconversant, not versed, respondent, unbeknown, uninformed). (various references)

Bulgarian		неук (bookless, letterless, unbooked, unbred, uneducated, unread, unschooled, untaught), невеж (ignorant, unenlightened, ungrounded, unlettered, unstudied, untutored), необучен (undisciplined, unschooled, untrained), необразован (benighted, ignorant, illiterate, letterless, unaccomplished, uncultivated, uneducated, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored). (various references)

Czech		odnauèený, neuèený (untaught, untutored). (various references)

German		verlernte (unlearnt), ungelehrt (unscholarly, untaught, untutored), nicht gelernt. (various references)

Greek		αμαθήσ (benighted, ignoramus, ignorant). (various references)

Hungarian		tanulatlan (illiterate, uneducated, untaught, untutored). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不学 (uneducated). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふがく (Mt. Fuji, uneducated). (various references)

Pig Latin		earnedunlay

Portuguese		inculto (barbaric, bumbling, caveman, cloddish, devastated, fallow, larrikin, low-brow, low-lived, rough, rustic, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unenlightened, unformed, uninformed, unlaboured, unpolished, unposted, unreclaimed, unschooled, untutored, waste, wild), iletrado (illiterate, letterless, unbookish, unlettered, unread, untaught), ignorante (artless, benighted, dunce, heathen, ignoramus, ignorant, know-nothing, letterless, nescient, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, unintelligent, unlettered, unnurtured, unposted, unschooled, untaught, untutored, unversed). (various references)

Romanian		neînvãţat (untutored), incult (barbarous, dark, illiberal, illiterate, unaccomplished, uncultivated, uneducated, unlettered), ignorant (benighted, cipher, dark, dunce, ignoramus, ignorant, illiterate, inexpert, innocent, know-nothing, nescient, rude, unknowing), fãrã carte (unschooled). (various references)

Russian		неученый (uneducated). (various references)

Scottish		de� rgnaidh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neuk (ignorant, inexpert, nescient, unread, untaught), neučen. (various references)

Spanish		indocto (ignorant, unlettered, untutored), iliterado (illiterate), analfabeto (illiterate, unlettered). (various references)

Turkish		cahil (benighted, ignoramus, ignorant, illiterate, nescient, rude, uneducated, unenlightened, unilluminated, uninformed, unknowing, unlettered, unread, untutored, yahoo), bilgisiz (benighted, ignorant, illiterate, nescient, unilluminated, uninformed, unknowing, unscholarly), çalışarak öğrenilmeyen (unlearnt). (various references)

Ukrainian		невивчений (unstudied), ненавчений (undisciplined, ungrounded, uninformed, unschooled). (various references)

Vietnamese		dốt nát (dark, illiterate, letterless, unread). (various references)

Welsh		annysgedig. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	indocti, indoctis, indocto, indoctos, indoctus, rudis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 4, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	QewrounteV de thn tou petrou parrhsian kai iwannou kai katalabomenoi oti anqrwpoi agrammatoi eisin kai idiwtai eqaumazon epeginwskon te autouV oti sun tw ihsou hsan
Latin	405	Vulgate	Videntes autem Petri constantiam et Iohannis conperto quod homines essent sine litteris et idiotae admirabantur et cognoscebant eos quoniam cum Iesu fuerant
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And thei siyen the stidfastnesse of Petre and of Joon, for it was foundun that thei weren men vnlettrid, and lewid men, and thei wondriden, and knewen hem that thei weren with Jhesu.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	When they sawe the boldnes of Peter and Iohn and vnderstode that they were vnlerned men and laye people they marveyled and they knew them that they were with Iesu:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.
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Language	Acts Chapter 4, Verse 13
Albanian	Ata, kur e panë çiltërsinë e Pjetrit dhe të Gjonit dhe duke kuptuar se ishin njerëz të pamësuar dhe pa arsim, u mrrekulluan dhe i njihnin se kishin qenë me Jezusin.
Cebuano	Ug sa ilang pagkakita sa walay kahadlok nga sinultihan ni Pedro ug ni Juan, ug sa ilang pagpakaila nga kini sila mga walay hibangkaagan ug mga komon ra man nga pagkatawo, sila nahibulong; ug unya ilang naila nga kini sila mao ang nagpakigkauban kang Jesus.
Croatian	Kad vidješe neustrašivost Petrovu i Ivanovu, a znajuæi da su to ljudi nepismeni i neuki, bijahu u èudu; znali su ih, da bijahu s Isusom, ali
Danish	Men da de så Peters og Johannes Frimodighed og kunde mærke, at de vare ulærde Mænd og Lægfolk, forundrede de sig, og de kendte dem, at de havde været med Jesus.
Dutch	Zij nu, ziende de vrijmoedigheid van Petrus en Johannes, en vernemende, dat zij ongeleerde en slechte mensen waren, verwonderden zich, en kenden hen, dat zij met Jezus geweest waren.
Finnish	Mutta kun he näkivät Pietarin ja Johanneksen rohkeuden ja havaitsivat heidän olevan koulunkäymättömiä ja oppimattomia miehiä, he ihmettelivät; ja he tunsivat heidät niiksi, jotka olivat olleet Jeesuksen kanssa.
French	Lorsqu`ils virent l`assurance de Pierre et de Jean, ils furent étonnés, sachant que c`étaient des hommes du peuple sans instruction; et ils les reconnurent pour avoir été avec Jésus.
German	Sie sahen aber an die Freudigkeit des Petrus und Johannes und verwunderten sich; denn sie waren gewiß, daß es ungelehrte Leute und Laien waren, kannten sie auch wohl, daß sie mit Jesu gewesen waren.
Haitian Creole	Manm Gran Konsèy yo te sezi anpil lè yo wè ki jan Pyè ak Jan te gen konviksyon nan sa yo t'ap di, paske yo te vin konnen mesye sa yo se moun ki soti nan mas pèp la, ki pa t' resevwa okenn enstriksyon. Chèf yo te rekonèt yo tou pou moun ki te toujou avèk Jezi.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Anggota-anggota Sidang Pengadilan itu heran melihat keberanian Petrus dan Yohanes, apalagi mereka tahu bahwa kedua rasul itu adalah orang-orang biasa yang tidak berpendidikan. Lalu mereka sadar bahwa kedua rasul itu adalah orang-orang yang ikut dengan Yesus.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tatkala mereka itu melihat keberanian hati Petrus dan Yahya itu, serta pula tampak tiada berpelajaran dan orang yang bersahaja, heranlah sekaliannya; maka baharulah dikenalnya keduanya, bahwa dahulu mereka itu bersama-sama dengan Yesus.
Maori	Na ka kite ratou i te maia o Pita raua ko Hoani, a ka matau ki a raua ehara i te mea whakaako, engari he hunga kuware, ka miharo ratou; ka mohio hoki he hoa raua no Ihu.
Norwegian	Men da de så Peters og Johannes' frimodighet og fikk vite at de var ulærde og lege menn, undret de sig, og de kjente dem igjen, at de hadde vært med Jesus;
Portuguese	Então eles, vendo a intrepidez de Pedro e João, e tendo percebido que eram homens iletrados e indoutos, se admiravam; e reconheciam que haviam estado com Jesus.
Rumanian	Cknd au vqzut ei kndrqzneala lui Petru wi a lui Ioan, s`au mirat, kntruckt wtiau cq erau oameni necqrturari wi de rknd; wi au priceput cq fuseserq cu Isus.
Shuar	Pítrusha Juansha Nánkamas shuara aintsan ármiayi. Núkap unuimiarcharu ármiayi. Tura unuimiarchaitiat, arantutsuk etseriarmiayi. Aentsu uuntri Núnaka nekaawar "Nékachuitiat, itiura sapijmiatskesha chichainia" tiarmiayi. Tura, jusha Jesusa nemarin ármia Núiti tiar nekaawarmiayi.
Spanish	Y viendo la valentía de Pedro y de Juan, y teniendo en cuenta que eran hombres sin letras e indoctos, se asombraban y reconocían que habían estado con Jesús.
Swahili	Hao wazee wa baraza, wakiwa wanajua kwamba Petro na Yohane walikuwa watu wasio na kisomo wala elimu yoyote, walishangaa juu ya jinsi walivyosema kwa uhodari. Wakatambua kwamba walikuwa wamejiunga na Yesu.
Swedish	När de sågo Petrus och Johannes vara så frimodiga och förnummo att de voro olärda män ur folket, förundrade de sig. Men så kände de igen dem och påminde sig att de hade varit med Jesus.
Uma	Konce topohura toera mpo'epe Petrus pai' Yohanes mololita hante uma ria kakoo-koroa' -ra, apa' Petrus pai' Yohanes toera, tau biasa-ra-wadi to uma mosikola molangko. Pai' rapelence-ra, kahira' -nami wengi tauna to mpotuku' Yesus.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Unlearned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unbearded, uncleansed. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "unlearned" (pronounced 'Un*learn"ed'): Able-minded, Aborted, Absent-minded, Abstorted, Adfected, Adusted, Affriended, Apiked, Arcaded, Aspected, Barded, Becomed, Bifronted, Bivaulted, Bladed, Bloody-minded, Bracted, Breaded, Brocaded, Brouded, Cisted, Clifted, Coadapted, Cockaded, Complected, Conceited, Confated, Congested, Contented, Contorted, Cysted, Debted, demented, Encysted, flighted, Forerecited, Forfered, Forted, Fronded, frosted, Fusted, Gaited, gated, hearted, high-minded, interrelated, Lered, Longheaded, long-winded, Maked. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-n-n-r-u"
	-1 letter: unaneled, unearned.
	-2 letters: launder, learned, lurdane, unladen, unlearn.
	-3 letters: aneled, aulder, darnel, dealer, dueler, duenna, dunner, earned, eluder, endear, endure, ennead, enured, lander, lanner, lauder, leaden, leader, leaned, leaner, lender, lurdan, neared, neural, nurled, relend, rundle, runnel, unlade, unlead, unread, unreal, unreel.
	-4 letters: alder, anele, annul, denar, dural, eared, eland, elder, elude, ender, endue.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-n-n-r-u"
	+1 letter: unenlarged.
	+2 letters: unendurable, unlaundered.
	+3 letters: nonregulated, underlayment, unmanneredly.
	+4 letters: candlesnuffer, gelandesprung, nonrefundable, underclassmen, underhandedly, underinflated, underlayments.
	+5 letters: candlesnuffers, denuclearizing, fraudulentness, gelandesprungs, grandiloquence, slanderousness, uncredentialed, understandable, undeterminable, unrestrainedly.
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