amnesiac

adjective

variants or amnesic
as in senile

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Recent Examples of amnesiac After a major amnesic event, Logan (Liam McIntyre) joins his former mutant black ops group, Team X, which includes Nathaniel Essex, Mystique, and Sabretooth, to stop billionaire industrialist (and major mutant hater) Bolivar Trask. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026 Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by certain algae that can accumulate in shellfish and cause amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesiac
  1. senile
  2. dazed
  3. bewildered
  4. oblivious
  5. preoccupied
  6. lost
  7. forgetful
  8. unmindful
Adjective
  • Not long ago, a senile American president’s plan to lead democracies in a battle with autocracies was being applauded by post-1989 Atlanticists such as Anne Applebaum and Adam Michnik.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • They are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of senile
Adjective
  • But the man simply stood there with a dazed expression on his face, swaying gently in the living room of their small, cramped flat, like a lone tree in the breeze.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Laiken Randolph appeared dazed, and possibly on drugs, officers remarked.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of dazed
Adjective
  • They were soon surrounded by a crowd of about 1,000 bewildered villagers, who alerted forest officials patrolling nearby.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • What appears before the bewildered trio is a boy with a face resembling a frog’s, named Fūsuke.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of bewildered
Adjective
  • These schemes often drove the show’s humor, along with the awkward social dynamics Fielder engineered by acting oblivious to the norms of human behavior.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Atiqullah remained at midfield, oblivious, the blanket over his head.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of oblivious
Adjective
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems more preoccupied with posting juvenile memes about the Canadian military than with the conflict.
    — Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many 9/11 first responders alive today feel as Sanchez does, more preoccupied with their survivor’s guilt than their own ailments.
    — Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of preoccupied
Adjective
  • Nobody knows what a Fing is, but her doting parents agree to the request, sending her father on a journey to a lost jungle to find one.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
  • An extra $6,000 or $29,000 in gains over a decade won’t replace a lost job.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
Adjective
  • Reagan was forgetful but not necessarily cognitively impaired, Darman said.
    — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • However, his wife knew that her husband was a very forgetful man.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of forgetful
Adjective
  • Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • To do this, Moments of Space is centered around Tibetan Dzogchen techniques, which emphasises mindfulness over the unconsciousness practice (unmindful thinking and feeling) many other apps focus on.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
Definition of unmindful

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