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forgetful

[fer-get-fuhl] / fərˈgɛt fəl /
ADJECTIVE
tending to not remember
Synonyms
STRONGEST
careless distracted inattentive sloppy
STRONG
unmindful
WEAK
absent absent-minded abstracted airheaded amnemonic amnesic asleep on the job bemused dreamy heedless lax like an absent-minded professor looking out window mooning moony neglectful negligent nirvanic not on the job oblivious out of it out to lunch pipe dreaming preoccupied remiss slack unwitting woolgathering
Antonyms
STRONGEST
attentive
WEAK
mindful recalling remembering retentive

Example Sentences

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With each passing year, I see and hear the patient’s spiral of worry: Am I getting more forgetful?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024

Instagram and Snapchat were just two of the many platforms that had pledged to help forgetful, regretful netizens save their nominally temporary posts as long-lasting memories.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024

Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

“There’s not just getting forgetful, but our risk tolerance changes,” said Lauren Hersch Nicholas, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who has studied dementia’s impact on people’s finances.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

I have never felt like this—slow-witted and languorous, dreamy, absentminded, forgetful, focused only on each moment as it comes.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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