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to unteach

to unteach

1 8.4
Make someone stop a learned habit or belief
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈtiːtʃ/
translation icon : desaprender
  • To help him improve, the coach needed to unteach some of the techniques that he had learned incorrectly.

Examples

  • Still unteach you what you thought you knew, or remind you to keep asking.

    Blog text (23)

  • Edicting me to unteach, not teach, never teach again.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Joseph W. Campbell unteaches me something I had been taught (via).

    Blog text (33)

  • The teacher focused on unteaching bad habits that the students had picked up in previous classes.

  • It can be challenging to unteach someone a belief they have held for many years.

Synonyms

to deprogram
vsto unteach
1 9.4

To help someone stop believing cult ideas and leave the group

is broader and covers forgetting skills, habits, beliefs, and knowledge
to untrain
vsto unteach
6.5

Make a person or animal stop a learned habit

includes forgetting beliefs and facts as well as losing skills

Antonyms

to teach
∞ 1.0

To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge

How Learned

to master
191 4.1
to teach
∞ 1.0
to train
∞ 1.0
to unteach
1 8.4
to unlearn
9 6.4
to forget
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

unteach infinitive
unteaching present participle
unteaches third person singular
untaught past
untaught past participle

Morphology

unteach = teach (transparent) = un + teach

A productive reversal/negation prefix 'un-' attached to the verb 'teach', yielding the clear meaning 'to cause to forget or stop being taught'.

Etymology

The word unteach comes from the prefix un- meaning 'remove' and the verb teach, and you can think of un- like in undo or untie which reverse an action. So to unteach someone is to help them forget or remove a learned habit or idea.