unlearnable
adjective
un·learn·able
ˌən-ˈlər-nə-bəl 
: incapable of being learned : not learnable
… personality characteristics of the intrinsic, unlearnable kind …—
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The normal business of objections, sustainments, and approaches to the bench here seems like an upper-class dance, sinisterly comic and unlearnable by the likes of Mason, who grows increasingly befuddled.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
As groups grow, the need for systematic rules becomes greater; unlearnable in-group-speak with random variation won’t do.
—The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
What if the ecorithms governing evolution and learning are unlearnable?
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2016
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
As groups grow, the need for systematic rules becomes greater; unlearnable in-group-speak with random variation won’t do.
—The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
What if the ecorithms governing evolution and learning are unlearnable?
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2016
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“Unlearnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlearnable. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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