unlearnabilityn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˌləːnəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌənˌlərnəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, learnable adj., -ity suffix, unlearnable adj., -bility suffix.

Etymology: Originally < un- prefix¹ + learnable adj. + -ity suffix; compare later unlearnable adj. In later use re-formed < unlearnable adj. + -ity suffix (see -bility suffix), after learnability n.

†1. Incapacity to learn or be taught. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1777 H. Walpole Let. 16 Sept. in Corr. (1974) XXXIX. 293 The pleasure of correcting my awkwardness and unlearnability.

2. The quality of being difficult or impossible to learn.

ΚΠ

1912 Engin. News 11 July 72/1 Russia..is relatively isolated by..the apparent unlearnability of her language.

1970 Jrnl. Verbal Learning & Verbal Behaviour 9 205/1 The experiments..should not necessarily be taken as evidence for contextual associations and the unlearnability of contextual associations.

1986 Music Anal. 5 302 Three kinds of data affect universality: physiological evidence, cultural ubiquity and unlearnability.

2015 J. Barris Sometimes Always True i. 50 Davidson's arguments about the unlearnability of incommensurable languages do not hold up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unlearnability
释义	unlearnabilityn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˌləːnəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˌlərnəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, learnable adj., -ity suffix, unlearnable adj., -bility suffix. Etymology: Originally < un- prefix¹ + learnable adj. + -ity suffix; compare later unlearnable adj. In later use re-formed < unlearnable adj. + -ity suffix (see -bility suffix), after learnability n. †1. Incapacity to learn or be taught. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1777 H. Walpole Let. 16 Sept. in Corr. (1974) XXXIX. 293 The pleasure of correcting my awkwardness and unlearnability. 2. The quality of being difficult or impossible to learn. ΚΠ 1912 Engin. News 11 July 72/1 Russia..is relatively isolated by..the apparent unlearnability of her language. 1970 Jrnl. Verbal Learning & Verbal Behaviour 9 205/1 The experiments..should not necessarily be taken as evidence for contextual associations and the unlearnability of contextual associations. 1986 Music Anal. 5 302 Three kinds of data affect universality: physiological evidence, cultural ubiquity and unlearnability. 2015 J. Barris Sometimes Always True i. 50 Davidson's arguments about the unlearnability of incommensurable languages do not hold up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777
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