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Recent Examples of forgettable
Confusingly, Cardi gives us three songs to settle into her Drama persona before calling Selena Gomez for a pop number that’s either ridiculously catchy or immediately forgettable, depending on your mood.
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Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, acclaimed actress Scarlett Johansson makes only an average directorial debut with a rather forgettable script, by Tory Kamen.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
As with any high-volume enterprise, there was lots of forgettable dreck, but the Stanford’s series is the cream of the crop — curated by British film critic and writer David Thomson, who now lives in the Bay Area.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
The game itself wasn't all that memorable (a 9-3 win for the Rams over the Seattle Seahawks), and the Rams were embarking on a forgettable 4-12 campaign in which head coach Jeff Fisher would get fired.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, acclaimed actress Scarlett Johansson makes only an average directorial debut with a rather forgettable script, by Tory Kamen.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
As with any high-volume enterprise, there was lots of forgettable dreck, but the Stanford’s series is the cream of the crop — curated by British film critic and writer David Thomson, who now lives in the Bay Area.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
The game itself wasn't all that memorable (a 9-3 win for the Rams over the Seattle Seahawks), and the Rams were embarking on a forgettable 4-12 campaign in which head coach Jeff Fisher would get fired.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgettable
Adjective
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Stein’s early fiction was plainly written and unremarkable.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Johansson’s direction is serviceable if unremarkable, and one has to wonder why this particular script spoke to her as a directorial debut.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a world in which this sketch might have set the stage for a professional if unmemorable hosting performance.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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This is disposable entertainment with no pretensions to being anything more, whose 90-odd minutes may be unmemorable yet pass by as enjoyably as a chance reunion with old friends.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Forgettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgettable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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