Synonyms

disremember

American

[dis-ri-mem-ber] / ˌdɪs rɪˈmɛm bər /

verb (used with object)

Southern and South Midland U.S.

to fail to remember; forget.

disremember British

/ ˌdɪsrɪˈmɛmbə /

verb

informal to fail to recall (someone or something)

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Etymology

Origin of disremember

First recorded in 1805–15; dis- ¹ + remember

Example Sentences

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disremember

“She understood the ongoing national effort to disremember — this startling combination of dismembering and remembering — to protect the innocence of America,” Glaude says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Rather than disremember, Cage simply called for action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2016

She explained her blind eye: "I disremember did I get the lick before they put me in the jailhouse or endurin' the time they was puttin' me in the jailhouse."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I am mighty glad to hear you say that, and I don't want you to disremember what I have tole you," answered the old woman, with some earnestness.

From Marcy The Refugee by Harry Castlemon

"You don't disremember the part of Virginia you lived in?" he added, pursuing his examination.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy

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