- past participle of forget.
forgotten
Americanverb
verb
Usage
See forget.
Other Word Forms
Explanation
Something that's forgotten isn't remembered or considered. Your forgotten mail might sit in the mailbox all weekend, if you simply don't think about it. Your English teacher might reassure you that the bad grade you got on a paper last month is forgotten, and you could find that as you start reading a great book, your difficult day is forgotten. In both cases, something is overlooked, disregarded or erased from memory. Forgotten comes from forget, from the Old English forgietan, "fail to remember" or "neglect inadvertently."
Example Sentences
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He said hundreds of thousands of people with mental-health conditions had been "parked and forgotten about" under the "broken status quo".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The study, “Decomposing momentum: The forgotten component,” was conducted by three researchers at Germany’s University of Münster: Pascal Büsing, Hannes Mohrschladt and Susanne Siedhoff.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
But that detail was easily forgotten over the previous 24 hours as a stunning series of events placed the U.S. at the center of a global soccer firestorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
We wanted to talk about our rivalry, which has been kind of forgotten in modern time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Too late, he remembered the neat bundles of dried deer meat, forgotten at the shelter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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