untrain

English

Etymology

un- + train

Verb

untrain (third-person singular simple present untrains, present participle untraining, simple past and past participle untrained)

  1. To reverse or undo one's training; to become less trained than before
    • 2009, January 14, “Patrick Healy”, in Where Ballet Is a Boy Thing:
      The 11 girls [] are all trained dancers in real life who, for the purposes of "Billy Elliot," must untrain themselves for each performance and dance with two very left feet.

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