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Definitions for forgetful
fərˈgɛt fəlfor·get·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word forgetful.
Princeton's WordNet
unretentive, forgetful, shortadjective
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
"a short memory"
unmindful, forgetful, mindlessadjective
not mindful or attentive
"while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
forgetful, obliviousadjective
failing to keep in mind
"forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
Wiktionary
forgetfuladjective
unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Forgetfuladjective
Etymology: from forget.
But when a thousand rolling years are past,
So long their punishments and penance last,
Whole droves of minds are by the driving god
Compell’d to drink the deep Lethean flood,
In large forgetful draughts to steep the cares
Of their past labours, and their irksome years. John Dryden, Æn.Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Hebr. xiii. 2.
The queen is comfortless, and we forgetful
In our long absence. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.Have you not love enough to bear with me,
When that rash humour, which my mother gave me,
Makes me forgetful? William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.I, in fact, a real interest have,
Which to my own advantage I would save;
And, with the usual courtier’s trick, intend
To serve myself, forgetful of my friend. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
forgetful
Forgetting or disremembering is the apparent loss or modification of information already encoded and stored in an individual's short or long-term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common complaints of older adults. Studies show that retention improves with increased rehearsal. This improvement occurs because rehearsal helps to transfer information into long-term memory.Forgetting curves (amount remembered as a function of time since an event was first experienced) have been extensively analyzed. The most recent evidence suggests that a power function provides the closest mathematical fit to the forgetting function.
ChatGPT
forgetful
"Forgetful" generally refers to a person's tendency or habit of not remembering specific information, events, tasks or items. It is the trait of being absent-minded or lacking focus and attention to a certain degree, which often results in misplacing things, missing appointments, or forgetting important information. This term can be used in various contexts and is not exclusive to cognitive or memory-related issues, but can also apply to situations where a person or system fails to perform an expected action or function.
Webster Dictionary
Forgetfuladjective
apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory
Forgetfuladjective
heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive
Forgetfuladjective
causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of forgetful in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of forgetful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of forgetful in a Sentence
It was surprising when we looked at similarities between astronauts during spaceflight and cancer patients during treatment. Both have a decrease in muscle mass, and they have bone demineralization and changes in heart function, astronauts may get something called space fog, where they have trouble focusing or get a little forgetful. That's very similar to what some cancer patients experience, which is called chemo brain.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Air marshals are exhausted, they are having memory loss, they are being forgetful. At some point, they are working long enough hours that they are legally intoxicated. ... They can't move. They can't respond fast to things. And the agency was not prepared for someone to document that as well as Harvard did in their study.
All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . .In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.
Friederich Nietzsche, quoted in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (movie):
Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders.
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- разсеян, забравящBulgarian
- oblidós, oblidadísCatalan, Valencian
- zapomnětlivýCzech
- vergesslichGerman
- olvidadizoSpanish
- huonomuistinenFinnish
- oublieuxFrench
- भुलक्कडHindi
- feledékenyHungarian
- smemoratoItalian
- שַׁכְחָןHebrew
- 忘れっぽいJapanese
- obliviosusLatin
- aizmāršīgs, aizmirsīgsLatvian
- vergeetachtig, vergeetachtigeDutch
- zapominalskiPolish
- esquecidoPortuguese
- uitucRomanian
- забывчивыйRussian
- glömskSwedish
- మతిమరుపుTelugu
- unutkanTurkish
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