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un·teach

(ŭn-tēch′)
tr.v. un·taught (-tôt′), un·teach·ing, un·teach·es
1. To cause to forget or unlearn something.
2. To teach the opposite or contrary of (something previously taught).
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unteach

(ʌnˈtiːtʃ)
vb (tr) , -teaches, -teaching or -taught
to cause to disbelieve (teaching)
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un•teach

(ʌnˈtitʃ)

v.t. -taught, -teach•ing.
1. to cause to be forgotten or disbelieved, as by contrary teaching.
2. to cause to forget or disbelieve something previously taught.
[1525–35]
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unteach


Past participle: untaught
Gerund: unteaching

Imperative
unteach
unteach
Present
I unteach
you unteach
he/she/it unteaches
we unteach
you unteach
they unteach
Preterite
I untaught
you untaught
he/she/it untaught
we untaught
you untaught
they untaught
Present Continuous
I am unteaching
you are unteaching
he/she/it is unteaching
we are unteaching
you are unteaching
they are unteaching
Present Perfect
I have untaught
you have untaught
he/she/it has untaught
we have untaught
you have untaught
they have untaught
Past Continuous
I was unteaching
you were unteaching
he/she/it was unteaching
we were unteaching
you were unteaching
they were unteaching
Past Perfect
I had untaught
you had untaught
he/she/it had untaught
we had untaught
you had untaught
they had untaught
Future
I will unteach
you will unteach
he/she/it will unteach
we will unteach
you will unteach
they will unteach
Future Perfect
I will have untaught
you will have untaught
he/she/it will have untaught
we will have untaught
you will have untaught
they will have untaught
Future Continuous
I will be unteaching
you will be unteaching
he/she/it will be unteaching
we will be unteaching
you will be unteaching
they will be unteaching
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unteaching
you have been unteaching
he/she/it has been unteaching
we have been unteaching
you have been unteaching
they have been unteaching
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unteaching
you will have been unteaching
he/she/it will have been unteaching
we will have been unteaching
you will have been unteaching
they will have been unteaching
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unteaching
you had been unteaching
he/she/it had been unteaching
we had been unteaching
you had been unteaching
they had been unteaching
Conditional
I would unteach
you would unteach
he/she/it would unteach
we would unteach
you would unteach
they would unteach
Past Conditional
I would have untaught
you would have untaught
he/she/it would have untaught
we would have untaught
you would have untaught
they would have untaught
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. [画像:unteach - cause to disbelieve]unteach - cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
instruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
2. [画像:unteach - cause to unlearn]unteach - cause to unlearn; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods"
instruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
Because Poetry unteaches us the world, such as we found it: the world of deterioration, wherein a certain moment comes for us that is the only road surpassing deterioration, in the sense that death is the only road to Resurrection.
So the end of one life and the beginning of another is the point where both worlds are the same; the whole self one is and lives is the self one does not know; "uncreated," "unknown," and "unteaches" seem active opposites, not mere negations of the word following the prefix "un." (Might "Uncreated light which is God" have been translated "notcreated"?