forgetful

[ fer-get-fuhl ]

/ fərˈgɛt fəl /

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adjective

apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.

heedless or neglectful (often followed by of): to be forgetful of others.

bringing on oblivion: forgetful slumber.

OTHER WORDS FOR forgetful

1 absent-minded, inattentive, unmindful.

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Origin of forgetful

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

OTHER WORDS FROM forgetful

for·get·ful·ly, adverbfor·get·ful·ness, nounqua·si-for·get·ful, adjectivequa·si-for·get·ful·ly, adverb

un·for·get·ful, adjectiveun·for·get·ful·ly, adverbun·for·get·ful·ness, noun

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How to use forgetful in a sentence

The explanation in every case is oversight and forgetfulness, not malice.
The Next D.C. Power Brokers: Who’ll Replace This Obama Team?|Leslie H. Gelb|December 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
You know that forgetfulness of everything which comes of a violent confident, reciprocated love.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)|Alexandre Dumas, fils
If I land a heavy stake, or break the bank, all will be well: if not, I must go where I hope to find forgetfulness.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Their consciences told them both that either wished to conceal from the other his wickedness and forgetfulness of God.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar

The Star is shadowed by our thoughtless inhumanity to those who serve us and our forgetfulness of the needy.
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He looked down, his fingers closed over the slender neck of his glass that held the first golden stream back to forgetfulness.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for forgetful

forgetful

/ (fəˈɡɛtfʊl) /

adjective

tending to forget

(often postpositive foll by of) inattentive (to) or neglectful (of)

poetic causing loss of memory

Derived forms of forgetful

forgetfully, adverbforgetfulness, noun

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