unlearn ability (unlernabiliti)

[ IMG:content-1435.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Not suitable to a learned man; not becoming a scholar. I will prove those verses to be very unlearned , neither savouring of poetry, wit, nor invention. Shak., L. L. L., iv. 2. 165. 3 (un-lèrnd'). Not gained by study; not known; not acquired by investigation. They learned mere words, or such things chiefly as were better unlearned. =Syn. Except , Unle . Except could once be used as a synapart. Unle is only a conjunction; except is only a preposition. Except introduces an exception to a statement which is otherwise general: it may be followed by a clause when connection is made by a particle, as when , that , as , while , or especially another preposition: the omi ion of such connective makes the structure archaic. Unle introduces a clause, or the abbreviation of a clause, indicating a limitation or condition. unle oned (un-les'nd), a. Not taught; not instructed. Shak . , M. of V., iii. 2. 161. [Rare.] unlettedt, a. [ letted , pp. of let2 .] Not prevented; unhindered. un likely .] 1. Such as cannot be reasonably expected; improbable: as, an un likely event. That it wrung his conscience to condemn the Earle of high Treason is not unlikely . Milton , Eikon ok las tes, ii. 2. Not holding out a prospect of succe or of a desired result; likely to fail; unpromising. A very unlikely envy she hath stumbled upon against the prince 's unspeakable beauty. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. A strange unlikely errand, sure, is thine. M. Arnold , Balder Dead, I. 83. 3t. Not calculated to inspire liking or affection; not likable or lovable. Unletted of every wight. The Isle of Ladies , 1. 1831. unlettered (un-let'erd), a. Unlearned; untaught; ignorant; illiterate. Milton , Comus, 1. 174. Syn. Illiterate , Unlearned , etc. See ignorant . unlettered ne (un-let'ėrd-nes), n . The state Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 936. of being unlettered. unlevefult, a. [ME., also unleful , unlefful ; adv . In an unlikely man IMG:content-1436.png:[blocks in formation] (which see, under parliament ). =Syn. 1. Illiterate, Unlet tered, etc. See ignorant. unlearnedly (un-lėr'ned-li), adv. In an unlearned manner; so as to exhibit ignorance; ignorantly. Sir T. More, Works, p. 1037. unlearnedne (un-ler'ned-nes), n. Want of learning; illiteratene . Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Eden.