as in preoccupied
inclined to forget what one has learned or to do what one should
we become more forgetful as we get older
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Recent Examples of forgetful
New York took the top spot as the most forgetful, followed by Miami and Chicago.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025
Any panicked, forgetful partners can always make a quick stop at a local flower shop to pick up a boutique of traditional roses, including at Flowerama in Mundelein, where Valentine’s sales account for half of the shop’s yearly business.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
For the uninitiated or the forgetful, here’s what to consider.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
The forgetful habit of misplacing or losing essential belongings is a universal experience, resulting in an average person losing approximately four items a month and more than 3,000 in their lifetime.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2025
Any panicked, forgetful partners can always make a quick stop at a local flower shop to pick up a boutique of traditional roses, including at Flowerama in Mundelein, where Valentine’s sales account for half of the shop’s yearly business.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
For the uninitiated or the forgetful, here’s what to consider.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
The forgetful habit of misplacing or losing essential belongings is a universal experience, resulting in an average person losing approximately four items a month and more than 3,000 in their lifetime.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgetful
Adjective
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The United States had withdrawn from the World Health Organization and the U.N. Human Rights Council; the State Department seemed more preoccupied with deportations than with diplomacy.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2025
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Early in this episode, Dina mentions to a preoccupied Joel that one of the community’s underground pipes — connected to the outside — has been rendered useless by encroaching roots.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Photos showed the group seemingly confused about what was happening during the moment.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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The audio proves otherwise as the recordings show Biden was confused, rambling, and couldn’t even remember when his son Beau died.—
Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Ludwig Von Drake Ludwig Von Drake is the wise and eccentric professor who is known to be brilliant, but sometimes an absent-minded scientist and inventor.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Parents,
12 Mar. 2025
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Your nails go through a lot: handwashing, polishing, maybe some absent-minded picking (guilty).—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Photograph by Bettmann / Getty Paul Mantz, who’d remained Earhart’s technical adviser, was at an aviation competition in St. Louis, oblivious to her latest plans.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Save for one completely unconvincing arc in Episode 5, Anton isn’t as oblivious as the rest of his friends.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 May 2025
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But Evander Kane banked a puck off Esa Lindell’s skate and past a bewildered DeSmith less than three minutes later to restore the two-goal lead.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Comments Jeffrey Dean Morgan was baffled, bewildered, and befuddled.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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“Forgetful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgetful. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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