forgetful

adj.

1. Tending or likely to forget.
2. Marked by neglectful or heedless failure to remember: forgetful of one's responsibilities.
3. Causing one to be unable to remember.

forgetfully for·get'ful·ly adv.
forgetfulness for·get'ful·ness n.

adjective

1. Unable to remember: amnesiac, amnesic, oblivious. See remember/forget.
2. Showing no concern, attention, or regard: careless, heedless, mindless, unconcerned, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking. See careful/careless.

adj

Definition: tending to not remember
Antonyms: attentive, mindful, recalling, remembering, retentive

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

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IN BRIEF: Unable to remember.

He was so forgetful that he had to write notes to himself.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glemsom, som bringer glemsel

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergeetachtig, nalatig, vergetelheid schenkend

Français (French)
adj. - distrait, oublieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vergeßlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμνήμων, επιλήσμων, ξεχασιάρης, απρόσεκτος

Italiano (Italian)
smemorato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desatento

Русский (Russian)
рассеянный, забывчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - olvidadizo, desmemoriado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glömsk, som skänker glömska (poet.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
健忘的, 易忘的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 健忘的, 易忘的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 잊기 쉬운, 잊게 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 忘れっぽい, 忘れやすい, 怠りがちな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كثير النسيان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שכחן, מפוזר, שוכח, מזניח‬

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