unlearned, unlearned

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. learned.] 1. Not learned; ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, untaught. IMG:content-0181.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Not learned or gained by study; not known. "They learn mere words, or such things chiefly as were better unlearned ." -Milton: On Education. 3. Not suitable to a learned man. "I will prove those verses to be very unlearned, neither savoring of poetry, wit, or invention."-Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, iv. 2. ŭn-learn-ed-ly, adv. [Eng. unlearned; -ly.] In an unlearned manner; so as to exhibit ignorance; ignorantly.