Meaning of FORGETFUL
| Pronunciation: | | fur'getful
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- [adj] failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
- [adj] not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
- [adj] not retentive
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| | Synonyms: | | amnesiac, amnesic, inattentive, mindless, oblivious, short, unmindful, unretentive |
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| | Antonyms: | | aware, mindful, retentive | | |
| | See Also: | | forgetful | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \For*get"ful\, a.
1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful
man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. --Heb.
xiii. 2.
3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic
or Poetic] ``The forgetful wine.'' --J. Webster.
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| | Related Terms: | | absent, absentminded, absent-minded, abstracted, airy, amnesiac, amnestic, bemused, blocked, careless, casual, converted, cursory, degage, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, easygoing, flippant, forgetting, free and easy, heedless, in the clouds, inattentive, inclined to forget, inconsiderate, indifferent, insouciant, lax, lazy, Lethean, mindless, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, offhand, out of it, perfunctory, preoccupied, reckless, regardless, remiss, remote, repressed, respectless, slack, suppressed, tactless, thoughtless, unaccommodating, uncomplaisant, uncooperative, undiplomatic, unheedful, unheeding, unhelpful, unmindful, unobliging, unprepared, unready, unsolicitous, untactful, unthinking, unthoughtful, unwitting |
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