Meaning

2 senses
  1. Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

    vergesslich

    забы́вчивыйzabývčivyj

    забу́дькуватийzabúdʹkuvatyj

  2. Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.

    a forgetful mapping; a forgetful functor

More definitions
  • failing to keep in mind
  • not mindful or attentive
  • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

Examples

95 sentences
  1. Tom is forgetful.

    Том забудькуватий.

    ruТом забывчив.

    deTom ist vergesslich.

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  2. He is a very forgetful fellow.

    deEr ist ein sehr vergesslicher Kerl.

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  3. Tom is very forgetful, isn't he?

    deTom hat ein Gedächtnis wie ein Sieb.

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  4. Tom is apt to be forgetful.

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  5. Tom told me he was forgetful.

    ruТом говорил мне, что он забывчив.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Origin

From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝet

From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse (“forgetfulness”)), equivalent to forget + -ful.

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Forms

more forgetful, most forgetful
Comparativemore forgetful Lesson
Superlativemost forgetful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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