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or amnesic
as in senile
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Adjective
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Back on the domestic front, Jeanine has reason to believe that her husband, Paul (Mark O’Brien), is having an affair with her senile mother’s caregiver.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Sep. 2023 -
Don Quixote himself is too often a senile dodderer; Daniel Rubin was creaky in body but youthfully quixotic in spirit.—
Jeffrey Gantz,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Philadelphia’s defense seemed dazed and ill-prepared for Dart’s precision, composure and dual-threat ability.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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With scraggly hair and beard and a dazed countenance of man waking up from an unspeakable dream, Reeves brings the tender vulnerability to his Estragon (aka Gogo).—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As Friday’s stabbing incident involving NFL alum Mark Sanchez slowly comes into focus, the team at Fox Sports seems to be just as bewildered as the rest of us.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
5 Oct. 2025
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Hair disheveled, a dazed and bewildered look in his eyes, the coach trudged into his own dressing room to regroup and get a rundown of a growing list of injuries.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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In terms of emotions, these Red Sox — and a goodly number of their fans — are just doing their thing, seemingly oblivious of the Yankees.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That’s a pattern that so far defies logic, and everyone seems too preoccupied by other dramas to make the connection.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Signs of life from defensive sectors and consumer cyclicals wobbling might suggest the market is more preoccupied with near-term downside macroeconomic risk, as we likely are headed into a government shutdown and an official-data vacuum.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For the third straight year, the Cincinnati Bengals are in the midst of what looks like a lost season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Warner played all 17 games for the 49ers last year amid a lost season, including 13 games after fracturing his ankle.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Maybe gardeners are just genetically programmed to be forgetful.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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In a forgetful, self-erasing city like Los Angeles, the Palisades prized its history and its sense of place.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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The unmindful construction planning, noise and light pollution, and Tesla traffic jams have meanwhile done nothing to endear the diner to those living nearby — the lifeblood of most successful restaurants — and anti-Musk demonstrators are organizing a series of protests at the location.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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“Amnesiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesiac. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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