forgetful
forgetful
Definition
for·get·ful (fər get′fəl)
adjective
- apt to forget; having a poor memory
- heedless or negligent
- Old Poet. causing to forget forgetful sleep
Etymology: ME
for·get′·fully adverb
for·get′·ful·ness noun
forgetful
Synonyms
forgetful
modif.
Absent-minded
preoccupied, dreamy, distracted; see absent-minded.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
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