forgotten

American  

[fer-got-n] / fərˈgɒt n /

verb

1. a past participle of forget.

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forgotten British  

/ fəˈɡɒtən /

verb

1. a past participle of forget

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Usage

See forget.

Other Word Forms

• half-forgotten adjective
• quasi-forgotten adjective
• unforgotten adjective
• well-forgotten adjective

Example Sentences

Centering the work and lives of these forgotten souls is a mission she sees as telling “the rest of the story.”

From Los Angeles Times

But Mr. Williams understands that telling the story properly requires acknowledging the forgotten citizen of New York City in the 1980s—the wary pedestrian and the terrified straphanger.

From The Wall Street Journal

The 12-year-old was also described as a "kind boy who bought his friend school lunch whenever he had forgotten to bring theirs, because that was the type of boy he was".

From BBC

"I'd forgotten that, Sam, but you're right. That is how Popeye gets his muscles. And when I was a kid, I tried to get them the same way. But you know what?"

From Literature

“Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten. Today is Uncle Bob’s retirement party. He finished his very last day of work at the Perfecto Toaster Company.”

From Literature