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
In a forgetful, self-erasing city like Los Angeles, the Palisades prized its history and its sense of place.
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Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
This feature is especially helpful for more forgetful users.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
From casual travelers to forgetful commuters, anyone looking for a smarter way to track everyday essentials should seriously consider this card.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Audiences at the pop star's Forget Tomorrow World Tour, are worried the singer's 50-city stretch is just that, forgetful.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 30 July 2025
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Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
This feature is especially helpful for more forgetful users.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
From casual travelers to forgetful commuters, anyone looking for a smarter way to track everyday essentials should seriously consider this card.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Audiences at the pop star's Forget Tomorrow World Tour, are worried the singer's 50-city stretch is just that, forgetful.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgetful
Adjective
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Even more preoccupied with toilet humor than its predecessor, Scary Movie 2 hauled in substantially less at the box office.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Hamida next interacts with Taro, an unwell Hindu woman forced into prostitution by her husband, who is himself preoccupied with his mistress.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Those willing to put in the time (and those who aren't easily wigged out) may find to their confused delight that Tippett is the maddest creative god of them all.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Oscar-winning filmmaker makes the viewer as torn and confused and at wit’s end as the people trying to avoid doomsday.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Police always investigate a drowning to rule out cases of abuse or extreme neglect, but an absent-minded parent accidentally forgetting to lock the pool gate or door to the backyard was unlikely to land them behind bars, Hoskin said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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For absent-minded individuals who are constantly losing their phone or wallet, the Apple AirTag will save the day.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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This trend is unsettling, but perhaps more alarming is that large numbers of people could become so oblivious to the upside of vice as to decide that it is better pursued alone.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sholder appeared in the documentary and seemed more bewildered about all of this than anything else.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
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The canine, clearly confused, stared up, visibly bewildered and waiting patiently for the affection to finally land.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Forgetful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgetful. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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