"learnless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more learnless [comparative], most learnless [superlative]
Etymology: From learn + -less. Etymology templates: {{af|en|learn|-less}} learn + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} learnless (comparative more learnless, superlative most learnless)
  1. (uncommon, obsolete) Uneducated, educationless, bookless. Tags: obsolete, uncommon
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          "ref": "1766, Thomas Sadler, “Bunch Hesperus: or, The Mock-Artist: A Burleſque Poem.”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or, The country-man's ramble to London, a farce, page 87:",
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