unknow

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To undo the process of knowing; to lose knowledge of something.

Examples

“To awaken the conscious self to the principle of the whole or Tao one needs to forget ⟳ oneself, so that in knowing one unknows.”

“You clearly care about this employee’s well-being and want ⟳ to be supportive. Even though you can’t unknow what you saw ⟳ on TikTok, this is not your problem to solve ⟳.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

unknows unlabel unlabeling unlabelling unlabels unlace

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