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forgetful Definition

for·get·ful (fər getfəl)

adjective

  1. apt to forget; having a poor memory
  2. heedless or negligent
  3. Old Poet. causing to forget forgetful sleep

Etymology: ME

forgetful Related Forms
for·get·fully adverb for·get·ful·ness noun
forgetful Synonyms

forgetful

modif.

  1. Absent-minded

    preoccupied, dreamy, distracted; see absent-minded.

  2. Careless

    inattentive, neglectful, heedless; see careless 1.

forgetful Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • past: Element number 2: be forgetful about the past.

Preposition: at

  • time: She has hair loss, is so skinny and seems very forgetful at times.

Modifies a noun

  • hearer: He being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
  • people: This is a quick double check for forgetful people like me.
  • mind: On the other hand, we tend to lose things due to forgetful minds putting things in places they shouldn't go.
  • one: That was to chase up some of the more forgetful ones among you.
  • member: This period also allows for forgetful members who let their introduction agency membership lapse accidentally.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: I award her now the medal for total absorption, for being so forgetful of her father's fondness for hitting.
  • very: She has hair loss, is so skinny and seems very forgetful at times.
  • not: I am not forgetful, just a wee bit eccentric.
  • little: Unlike her, I play by ear and that organ gets a little forgetful at times.
  • usually: If one is usually forgetful one is bound to be forgetful again.
  • too: Too, too forgetful of thine own affairs, Why wilt thou so betray thy son's good hap?

Infinitive complement

  • entertain: The Book of Hebrews says: " Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: MEMORY - depending on where the brain tumor is situated, a person may generally become more forgetful.
  • get: Do your friends and family think you're getting more forgetful now than you used to be?
  • seem: She has hair loss, is so skinny and seems very forgetful at times.

Preposition: of

  • reality: We think of concepts for a long time, we are forgetful of ultimate realities which are non-self.
  • nma: Often we are forgetful of nåma and rúpa, we are absorbed in concepts of people and events.
  • self: Both played as if distracted, forgetful of self and concentrated on each other.

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