- 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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This particularly bleak period in Ms. Kusama’s life saw her all but forgotten in the West, and starting over in both her personal and artistic lives back in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
A clip from a forgotten HBO original film, “Something the Lord Made,” starring Alan Rickman and Mos Def.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
The evidence for another forgotten ruler comes from a stela discovered in 1894 at Tell 'Abta, Iraq.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
He will be missed but certainly not forgotten.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Like she’d discovered him, a relic hidden away in the corners of this forgotten café.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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