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unlearnable en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- + learnable.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not able to be learned.
   • Chomsky not only provided such a framework for theories of grammar, but he furthermore suggested that the grammar was unlearnable. Chomsky concluded that aspects of the grammar must be innate: the universal grammar hypothesis. 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 20:

Deriveds

unlearnably

unlearnable en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From unlearn + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Able to be unlearned.