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Type Words
Synonyms oblivious
Derivation forgetfulness


forgetful of her responsibilities.
Type Words
Synonyms mindless, unmindful
Derivation forgetfulness
Type Words
Synonyms short, unretentive
Derivation forgetfulness

Examples of forgetful

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I wonder if it's just me being forgetful or I'm just brooding over this as well.
From the psychcentral.com
I am forgetful, either quiet or blabber mouth, and cannot stay focused for long.
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Baby shampoo is not just good for forgetful contact lens wearers, Harcombe said.
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History is not just a series of mistakes the forgetful are condemned to repeat.
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At first, she assumed the crash trauma was making her stressed-out and forgetful.
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Pete's mother, Audrey, has been forgetful lately, and is afraid for her safety.
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We get sidetracked during one project and feel forgetful about everything else.
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I'm not given to handing these out-I'm lazy, forgetful, and cheap-but what a job.
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Some, forgetful of the old tale about crying wolf, put out a prediction regularly.
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More examples
  • Unretentive: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"
  • Unmindful: not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
  • Failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
  • (forgetfulness) tendency to forget
  • (forgetfulness) unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older"
  • Forgetting (retention loss) refers to apparent loss of information already encoded and stored in an individual's long term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. ...
  • Unable to remember things well; liable to forget
  • (Forgetfulness) A deluded mental factor that makes us forget a virtuous object. See Understanding the Mind.
  • The daydreaming slacker is forgetful [from the German for "losing one's grip"], in the sense of "a negligent failure to remember," to be sure. ...