Unlearned
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In assessing that future, it will be important to reflect upon the recent past, in order to break the cycle of
unlearned
lessons that have brought Afghanistan and its interlocutors to this point.
More example sentences with word unlearned
I realized that my story stood in for all those who were expected to pick themselves up by their bootstraps, even if they didn't have any boots; that my organization stood in for all the structural, systemic help that never went to Harlem or Appalachia or the Lower 9th Ward; that my voice stood in for all those voices that seemed too unlearned, too unwashed, too unaccommodated.
Eliminating corruption will be possible only with an effective combination of smart prevention strategies and robust law enforcement, underpinned by the belief that greed can be unlearned, accountability can be taught, and impunity can be terminated.
But, while we should commend the New York Times for describing the administration’s palpably false statements as lies, we should also draw attention to important
unlearned
lessons of the Times’ abysmal record in the run-up to the Iraq war.
The pragmatic “lesson” remains
unlearned
because those who take this view perceive a different lesson.
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