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Definition of Forgetful

1. Adjective. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range. "A short memory"

2. Adjective. Not mindful or attentive. "While thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"

3. Adjective. Failing to keep in mind. "Oblivious old age"

Definition of Forgetful

1. a. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

Definition of Forgetful

1. Adjective. unable to remember things well; liable to forget. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forgetful

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgetful

forgeman forgemen forger forgeries forgers forgery forges forges ahead forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swamp forget-me-not

forget-me-nots forget it forget me drug forget oneself forgetful (current term) forgetful person forgetfull forgetfully forgetfulness forgetfulnesses

forgetive forgetness forgets forgettable forgettably forgetted forgetter forgetters forgettest

Literary usage of Forgetful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Of those who fought about him ; he the while Lay all his giant length on earth outstretch'd, Unconscious, clean forgetful of his art. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"forgetful witnesses may be asked leading questions.— Leading questions may, in the discretion of the court, be put to a forgetful witness, ..."

3. The Trend of the Races by George Edmund Haynes (1922)
"Self-forgetful loyalty of the Negro. The self-forgetful loyalty to the interests and cause of others even where it conflicts with self-interest has been ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... festival of peace, which was enjoyed by so many nations, forgetful of their ancient animosities, and delivered from the apprehension of future danger. ..."

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