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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 byof ).

    to be forgetful of others.

  3. bringing on oblivion.

    forgetful slumber.



forgetful

/ əˈɡɛٴʊ /

adjective

  1. tending to forget

  2. inattentive (to) or neglectful (of)

  3. poeticcausing 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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • forgetfully adverb
  • forgetfulness noun
  • quasi-forgetful adjective
  • quasi-forgetfully adverb
  • unforgetful adjective
  • unforgetfully adverb
  • unforgetfulness noun
  • ڴǰˈٴڳܱ adverb
  • ڴǰˈٴڳܱԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of forgetful1

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