as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
a forgotten doll under the bed a long-forgotten house down a winding dirt road
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or forgot
1
as in missed
to be unable to recall or think of
I forget exactly on which street that the house is
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as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to
she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college
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as in neglected
to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness
he forgot the pot boiling on the stove
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as in failed
to miss the opportunity or obligation
I forgot to call on his birthday
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Recent Examples of forgotten
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
The Company Values-Performance Gap Corporate values get treated like corporate décor—framed, quoted, and forgotten.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Burnes is gone from the Brewers but not forgotten.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Locked away for life in a maximum security prison, on the other hand, he would soon be forgotten.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
His part in that 2020 promotion may have been forgotten by some.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Kevin never forgot how his big sister, Jessica, comforted him when they got lost during a trip to Disney World as kids.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
The 2025 Uber Lost & Found Index details the many items forgotten in the past 12 months, ranging from food to personal belongings of all sorts.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Premiere Pro Gets Agentic AI Video users haven’t been forgotten either.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
Understand that the situation is fluid because the president’s judgment is fluid, not because our tenets are forgotten.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
The Company Values-Performance Gap Corporate values get treated like corporate décor—framed, quoted, and forgotten.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Burnes is gone from the Brewers but not forgotten.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Locked away for life in a maximum security prison, on the other hand, he would soon be forgotten.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
His part in that 2020 promotion may have been forgotten by some.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Kevin never forgot how his big sister, Jessica, comforted him when they got lost during a trip to Disney World as kids.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
The 2025 Uber Lost & Found Index details the many items forgotten in the past 12 months, ranging from food to personal belongings of all sorts.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Premiere Pro Gets Agentic AI Video users haven’t been forgotten either.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgotten
Verb
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The Dodgers then gift-wrapped an insurance run to the Cubs in the eighth, giving up another score after Conforto missed a fly ball near the left-field line for a leadoff double.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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And when Rose missed from 15 feet, McIlroy finally sealed it.—
Time,
Time,
14 Apr. 2025
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His dominance is creating an air of intimidation that shouldn’t go ignored.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Black electorate feeling ‘neglected and ignored’ Tensions within the party in Florida could be seen as early as April when President Joe Biden came to Tampa for an event.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The business has been neglected for too long.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Government records remained scattered, vulnerable and neglected.—
Elizabeth Call,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, that deal got nixed because the Lakers failed Williams’ physical, creating an awkward situation.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2025
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But the Dodgers — as has so often been the case over the last couple of weeks — failed to tack on.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Huskies also lost a trio of transfers after 2021-22 — Piath Gabriel (UMass), Mir McLean (Virginia, Maryland) and Saylor Poffenbarger (Arkansas, Maryland) — who all averaged less than five minutes of playing time in their UConn careers.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2025
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Atlanta lost Charlie Morton and Max Fried in the offseason before losing Reynaldo López to a shoulder injury this year.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2025
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One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Today, many are boarded up, lying forlorn and derelict or caught in legal tangles between former owners’ descendants; others have been demolished to make way for modern developments, with the antiques and timber sold off by owners.—
Kalpana Sunder,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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This season, the collection embraces the rough poetry of derelict architecture and the passing of time.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Forgotten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgotten. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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