🧠 To remove learning 🤖 To erase data

to unteach

9.5

Make a computer program forget specific things it learned

verb
/ʌnˈtiːtʃ/

Specialized

: desaprender

The engineers tried to unteach the model's bias by fine-tuning with balanced datasets and constraints.

Examples

Researchers are experimenting with methods for unteaching specific concepts without retraining on the entire dataset.
After the audit, they had untaught sensitive associations from the classifier to reduce discriminatory outputs.
We need to unteach the model its previous biases.
How can we unteach these patterns effectively?
The engineers implemented a new technique to unteach the model its learned biases through targeted retraining.
To improve fairness in predictions, they worked on ways to unteach the model certain harmful associations.
Developers are seeking effective strategies to unteach undesirable patterns without losing overall performance.

Synonyms

to unlearn

vsto unteach

Specialized

8.1

To remove specific information used to teach a computer model so the model forgets it

emphasizes using retraining or algorithmic procedures to erase learned patterns or biases

Antonyms

to teach

∞ 1.0

To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge

How Forgetful

to erase

156 2.2

to unteach

Specialized

9.5

to forget

Specialized

20 4.1

to suppress

176 4.8

Surface Forms

unteach infinitive

unteaching present participle

unteaches third person singular

untaught past

untaught past participle

Morphology

unteach = teach (transparent) = un + teach

Same morphological formation as the general sense; in ML usage 'un-' indicates reversing or removing learned information from a model.

Etymology

The word unteach in machine learning uses the same parts: un- 'remove' and teach, so it means making a trained model forget something it learned. That's why engineers say they 'unteach' a model when they remove a bias or a wrong pattern.