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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fer-get-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : fərˈgɛt fəl



Definition of forgetful

Origin :
  • late 14c., from forget + -ful. Related: Forgetfully; forgetfulness.
  • adj tending to not remember
Example sentences :
  • You see, Uncle Paul, you are growing old and forgetful, and might lock me in again.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • In case I was forgetful, please let me impress the fact upon you now.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • The horror of it all was too much for her; in her great dread and sorrow she was forgetful of all beside.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • And again, if he is forgetful and retains nothing of what he learns, will he not be an empty vessel?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • He proved this by wasting no time in telling the forgetful Jackson what he thought of him.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And often, forgetful of measure and order, he will express not that which is truest, but that which is strongest.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • His Royal Highness is not forgetful of the duties of his position.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
  • You're growing old and forgetful, so don't get foolish and flighty.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • "Mr.———-" Here Lord Netherby hesitated, forgetful of his name.
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • But these modern coryphées of Rieka and Dalmatia are so forgetful.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein

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