as in preoccupied
inclined to forget what one has learned or to do what one should
we become more forgetful as we get older
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Recent Examples of forgetful
Marty is self-absorbed, forgetful, doesn’t much like people and spends hours online looking for advice about how to be a handyman.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates worries that books, unlike oral traditions, will make people more forgetful.
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Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
Lucky for the forgetful reader who checked out the book, the library got rid of overdue fines in 2021, so they won’t be charged a dime.
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Saul Pink,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 Feb. 2026
In those early scenes of Home Alone, O’Hara is not just an avatar for a forgetful, imperfect mother.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates worries that books, unlike oral traditions, will make people more forgetful.
—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
Lucky for the forgetful reader who checked out the book, the library got rid of overdue fines in 2021, so they won’t be charged a dime.
—
Saul Pink,
San Antonio Express-News,
8 Feb. 2026
In those early scenes of Home Alone, O’Hara is not just an avatar for a forgetful, imperfect mother.
—
Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for forgetful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgetful
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Unfortunately, the actor was a little preoccupied with another franchise.
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If anything, the upper crust have more time to be artistic — less preoccupied with getting a job and making a living.
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But then, the writer himself might get confused about which is which.
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For example, a lot of fans were a bit confused on Friday after watching Miguel Almiron be sent off in the first half of Paraguay’s win against Turkey.
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Howard McNear provided an indelible bit of local flavor as the genial, if absent-minded, town barber, Floyd.
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There’s something winningly absent-minded about Gosling’s performance here.
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In the room next door, Aaresh plays video games with his friend, like any other 12-year-old boy, taking a break from his homework and studying for a French exam, and oblivious to how his parents’ fight could change his life and those of others like him.
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The bear was completely oblivious to this crowd of people screaming and throwing things at it.
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At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?
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Urged by a call from Hugo to destroy her phone and flee Kansas City fast, before WARDEX can get to her, Margaret also hits the road, accompanied initially by a bewildered Jackson.
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“Forgetful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgetful. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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