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forgetful

/fərˈɡɛtfəl/

forgetful adjective: unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

Adjective

forgetful (comparative more forgetful, superlative most forgetful)

  1. Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
    • Nor has Dalua part or mention in the antique legend. Like other ancient things, this divinity hath come secretly upon us in a forgetful time, new and strange and terrible, though his unremembered shadow crossed our way when first we set out on our long travel, in the youth of the world.1912, William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, Poems and Dramas, William Heinemann, page 315
  2. Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.
    • a forgetful mapping; a forgetful functor

forgetful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

forgetful in Hindi

liable to forget
भुलक्कड bhulakkaḍ

forgetful in Tamil

மறதியுள்ள, மறக்கக்கூடிய, ஞாபக சக்தி யில்லாத

forgetful in Urdu

liable to forget
بُھلَکَّڑ bhulakkaṛ

forgetful in Malayalam

മറവിയുള്ള, വിസ്മരണശീലമുള്ള, മറക്കുക, ശീലമായ, അശ്രദ്ധസ്വഭാവമുള്ള
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forgetful in Kannada
ಮರುಕುಳಿ, ಮರಗುಳಿ, ಮರೆಗುಳಿ, ಮರೆವುಗೇಡಿ
forgetful in Arabic
نَسَّاء nassāʔ, نَسِيّ nasiyy
forgetful in Indonesian
pelupa, pikun

Examples of forgetful in a sentence

  • Today it is used to refer to one in an oblivious or forgetful state.
  • Bear's been gettin’ real forgetful lately,” Snake was telling his bro.
  • Side by side, forgetful of all but their recovered peace, they talked sweet nothings.

All 10 example sentences with forgetful

Forms of forgetful

comparativemore forgetful
superlativemost forgetful
alternative formforgetfull

Origin of forgetful

From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse (“forgetfulness”)), equivalent to forget + -ful.

Words formed from forgetful

Phrases with forgetful

Questions about forgetful

What does forgetful mean?
Forgetful means unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
What is forgetful in Hindi?
Forgetful in Hindi is भुलक्कड (bhulakkaḍ). See Forgetful meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forgetful?
Forgetful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce forgetful?
Forgetful is pronounced /fərˈɡɛtfəl/.

Words near forgetful in the dictionary

  1. forget to take one's pills this morning
  2. forget you
  3. forget-me-not
  4. forget-me-nots
  5. forgetable
  6. forgetful
  7. forgetful functor
  8. forgetful functors
  9. forgetfull
  10. forgetfully
  11. forgetfulness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgetful (page history and authors); forgetful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forgetful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forgetful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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