half-forgotten

British  

adjective

1. having been nearly forgotten

   a half-forgotten dream

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Example Sentences

This is where the oils live, and the spices, and the half-forgotten jars of jam, olives, vinegars and other bits of kitchen ephemera that have been quietly waiting for their moment.

From Salon

Michael lifted the Waldenbooks bag from its half-forgotten spot on the floor and pulled Our Angry Earth out of it.

From Literature

Lepore tracks the obstacles within “the frantic, paranoid bunker mentality of the Cold War,” showcasing half-forgotten figures — Native activist Vine Deloria, Sen. Birch Bayh, Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink — all committed to expanding rights of women and minorities, stirring backlash.

From Los Angeles Times

The idea of teenage delinquents in ducktail haircuts strolling through the Manhattan slums, clicking their fingers in unison and protecting their turf, was already quaint lore from the half-forgotten Eisenhower era.

From Salon

It’s a gold rushlet so far: lots of wishful thinking that half-forgotten old mines still have new gold to yield up a dozen or so decades after the first ore was dredged out there.

From Los Angeles Times