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单词 forgetful
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Definition of forgetful in English:

forgetful

adjective fəˈɡɛtf(ə)lfəˈɡɛtfʊlfərˈɡɛtfəl
  • Apt or likely not to remember.

    I'm a bit forgetful these days
    she was soon forgetful of the time
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She may be dizzy, forgetful, disorganised and temperamental but she has always been reasonably candid about herself and her game plan.
    • It's not that I don't care or anything, I'm just incredibly thoughtless and forgetful and I lose track of time far to easily.
    • However, in our quest for universal peace, this does not mean that we are forgetful of injustices.
    • Of the £40 extra the forgetful taxpayer ends up with on his bill, about £29 is sheer profit for the council.
    • Are we Canadians fully forgetful, merely forgiving, mostly stupid, or unapologetically apathetic?
    • For £4.99 it's a cheap but valuable back-up for the forgetful traveller.
    • I got one of these for my grandmother last year, because she is blind and forgetful and had burned the bottom out of two teakettles.
    • I think you might be judging him a bit too harshly in terms of not just being forgetful and especially so in expecting him to make time for you when it's clear you're continuing to live your life beyond him.
    • Also, there was a black stream in Mirkwood that made he who drank out of it suddenly very drowsy and forgetful of previous events.
    • He was banned for eight months rather than two years, which would have been the case had the FA not accepted that he was forgetful rather than evasive.
    • I guarantee you, I will recall this one when I am very old and very gray and perhaps even a bit forgetful.
    • Here's a timely reminder to all forgetful children to buy some flowers for your mum tomorrow - for Mother's Day.
    • Sometimes, too, she is forgetful of the fact that, for her, it is a necessity.
    • Flustered and forgetful of her arguments, Andrea twisted her hands together and exhaled in frustration.
    • It is obligatory on a doctor to be humble, kind, not forgetful of Allah's blessings on him, grateful to Him, seeking His help and aid.
    • The most forgetful people are, in fact, primary school children.
    • Now it is true that the public have increasingly short memories; unfortunately for the Tories those people who actually vote are not so forgetful.
    • The community is usually portrayed as naive, dim-witted and almost always forgetful.
    • At this moment may I be totally forgetful of myself, and remain utterly unmindful of my own person.
    • So if the nerve cells that were involved in memory stop working, then the person becomes forgetful.
    Synonyms
    absent-minded, apt to forget, amnesic, amnesiac, vague, abstracted
    informal scatterbrained, with a mind/memory like a sieve
    heedless, neglectful, careless, unmindful, disregardful
    inattentive to, negligent about, oblivious to, lax about, indifferent to, remiss in/about

Derivatives

  • forgetfully

  • adverbfəˈɡɛtfʊlifəˈɡɛtf(ə)lifərˈɡɛtfəli
    • Innovative ink technology won't dry out, even when markers are forgetfully left uncapped for three days.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If they forgetfully don't, they risk not getting any points at all.
      • And I discovered that she was using something she had forgetfully omitted from the recipe she had written out for me, thyme.
      • And so he behaves forgetfully and rudely, like those who forget to put the lid down or flush.
      • However, if a person eats or drinks forgetfully or accidentally or is forced to do it, the fasting is intact, the day is not to be made up and the person should continue fasting.
 
 

Definition of forgetful in US English:

forgetful

adjectivefərˈɡɛtfəlfərˈɡetfəl
  • Apt or likely not to remember.

    I'm a bit forgetful these days
    she was soon forgetful of the time
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was banned for eight months rather than two years, which would have been the case had the FA not accepted that he was forgetful rather than evasive.
    • At this moment may I be totally forgetful of myself, and remain utterly unmindful of my own person.
    • It is obligatory on a doctor to be humble, kind, not forgetful of Allah's blessings on him, grateful to Him, seeking His help and aid.
    • She may be dizzy, forgetful, disorganised and temperamental but she has always been reasonably candid about herself and her game plan.
    • The most forgetful people are, in fact, primary school children.
    • Also, there was a black stream in Mirkwood that made he who drank out of it suddenly very drowsy and forgetful of previous events.
    • Here's a timely reminder to all forgetful children to buy some flowers for your mum tomorrow - for Mother's Day.
    • However, in our quest for universal peace, this does not mean that we are forgetful of injustices.
    • I think you might be judging him a bit too harshly in terms of not just being forgetful and especially so in expecting him to make time for you when it's clear you're continuing to live your life beyond him.
    • The community is usually portrayed as naive, dim-witted and almost always forgetful.
    • I got one of these for my grandmother last year, because she is blind and forgetful and had burned the bottom out of two teakettles.
    • So if the nerve cells that were involved in memory stop working, then the person becomes forgetful.
    • It's not that I don't care or anything, I'm just incredibly thoughtless and forgetful and I lose track of time far to easily.
    • Sometimes, too, she is forgetful of the fact that, for her, it is a necessity.
    • Are we Canadians fully forgetful, merely forgiving, mostly stupid, or unapologetically apathetic?
    • For £4.99 it's a cheap but valuable back-up for the forgetful traveller.
    • Now it is true that the public have increasingly short memories; unfortunately for the Tories those people who actually vote are not so forgetful.
    • I guarantee you, I will recall this one when I am very old and very gray and perhaps even a bit forgetful.
    • Flustered and forgetful of her arguments, Andrea twisted her hands together and exhaled in frustration.
    • Of the £40 extra the forgetful taxpayer ends up with on his bill, about £29 is sheer profit for the council.
    Synonyms
    absent-minded, apt to forget, amnesic, amnesiac, vague, abstracted
    heedless, neglectful, careless, unmindful, disregardful
 
 
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