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forgetful

[ fer-get-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. apt to forget; that forgets:

    a forgetful person.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. heedless or neglectful (often followed by of ):

    to be forgetful of others.

  3. bringing on oblivion:

    forgetful slumber.



forgetful

/ əˈɡɛٴʊ /

adjective

  1. tending to forget
  2. often postpositivefoll byof inattentive (to) or neglectful (of)
  3. poetic.
    causing loss of memory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ڴǰˈٴڳܱ, adverb
  • ڴǰˈٴڳܱԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڴǰ·fܱ· adverb
  • ڴǰ·fܱ·Ա noun
  • ܲȴ-ڴǰ·fܱ adjective
  • quasi-ڴǰ·fܱ· adverb
  • ܲЭǰ·fܱ adjective
  • unڴǰ·fܱ· adverb
  • unڴǰ·fܱ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of forgetful1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; forget, -ful
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Example Sentences

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With each passing year, I see and hear the patient’s spiral of worry: Am I getting more forgetful?

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Maybe he was wounded, misidentified, forgetful of who he was.

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Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.

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On paper, the show’s whimsical, forgetful hippie — whose bewildering backstory includes being part of a drug-fueled cult and being mauled to death by a bear in the woods — could easily come across as one-note.

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“There’s not just getting forgetful, but our risk tolerance changes,” said Lauren Hersch Nicholas, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who has studied dementia’s impact on people’s finances.

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