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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORGET'FUL, a.
1. Apt to forget; easily losing the remembrance of. A forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Hebrews 13.
3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious; as forgetful draughts.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" [syn: unretentive, forgetful, short] [ant: long, recollective, retentive, tenacious]
2: not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw [syn: unmindful, forgetful, mindless] [ant: aware, mindful]
3: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age" [syn: forgetful, oblivious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. likely to forget 2. characterized by negligent failure to remember ; neglectful 3. inducing oblivion <forgetful sleep> • forgetfully adverb • forgetfulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 apt to forget, absent-minded. 2 (often foll. by of) forgetting, neglectful. Derivatives: forgetfully adj. forgetfulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forgetful For*get"ful, a. 1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. --Heb. xiii. 2. 3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] ``The forgetful wine.'' --J. Webster.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is forgetful often forgets things. My mother has become very forgetful and confused recently. = absent-minded ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Apt to forget. 2. Negligent, inattentive, neglectful, careless, heedless, mindless.

Moby Thesaurus

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