unforgettable

[ uhn-fer-get-uh-buh l ]

/ ˌʌn fərˈgɛt ə bəl /

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adjective

impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.

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Origin of unforgettable

1800–10; un-¹ + forgettable

OTHER WORDS FROM unforgettable

un·for·get·ta·ble·ness, nounun·for·get·ta·bly, adverb

Words nearby unforgettable

unfold, unfollow, unforced, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unforgettable, unforgivable, unforgiving, unformatted, unformed, unforthcoming

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Acclaim ensued (then-New York magazine critic John Simon called it “unforgettable”) but no Broadway transfer.
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On one of those tours, I saw an unusual and, as it turned out, unforgettable room.
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Rylance was unforgettable as the mordantly sly king in Richard III, giving a brilliant new twist to a classic role.
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At their best—on Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby—U2 managed to satisfy both art and commerce.
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He eventually left newspapers for evangelical work, but his reporting is unforgettable.
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The bivouac was a complete success; all looked back upon it as an unforgettable experience.
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She stood and smiled that strange, unforgettable smile of hers; the smile that had its birth in unshed tears.
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That was in many ways an unforgettable picnic; many were the unheard-of things carried out as soon as thought of.
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Eat three bucketsful a day, she did, and (with a sense of unforgettable injury) mis'able little pegs she 'ad with it all!
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The English during the great retreat had rendered her unforgettable services.
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British Dictionary definitions for unforgettable

unforgettable

/ (ˌʌnfəˈɡɛtəbəl) /

adjective

impossible to forget; highly memorable

Derived forms of unforgettable

unforgettably, adverb

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unforgettable

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