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for·get·ful

(fər-gĕt′fəl, fôr-)

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.

for·get′ful·ly adv.

for·get′ful·ness n.

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forgetful

(fəˈɡɛtfʊl)

adj

1. tending to forget

2. (foll by: of) inattentive (to) or neglectful (of)

3. poetic causing loss of memory

forˈgetfully adv

forˈgetfulness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

for•get•ful

(fərˈgɛt fəl)

adj.

1. apt to forget; absent-minded.

2. heedless; neglectful (often fol. by of): forgetful of others.

3. bringing on oblivion: forgetful slumber.

[1350–1400; Middle English foryetful, foryetul, Old English forgietul]

for•get′ful•ly, adv.

for•get′ful•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	forgetful - (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" unretentive, short unmindful, forgetful, mindless - not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
	2.	forgetful - not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw unmindful, mindless
	3.	forgetful - failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age" oblivious inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"

forgetful

adjective absent-minded, vague, careless, neglectful, oblivious, lax, negligent, dreamy, slapdash, heedless, slipshod, inattentive, unmindful, apt to forget, having a memory like a sieve My mother has become very forgetful recently.
careful, attentive, mindful, retentive, unforgetting, unforgetful

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

forgetful

adjective

1. Unable to remember:

amnesiac, amnesic, oblivious.

2. Showing no concern, attention, or regard:

careless, heedless, mindless, unconcerned, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking.

Translations

كَثير النِسْيان

zapomnětlivý

glemsom

gleyminn

zábudlivý

pozabljiv

unutkan

健忘的

forgetful

[fəˈgetfʊl] ADJ (= lacking memory) → olvidadizo; (= absent-minded) → despistado; (= neglectful) (of one's duties etc) → descuidado
he's terribly forgetful → es tremendamente despistado, tiene una memoria pésima
forgetful of all else → olvidando todo lo demás, sin hacer caso de todo lo demás

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

forgetful

[fə^rˈgɛtfʊl] adj → distrait(e), étourdi(e)
forgetful of → oublieux/euse de

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

forgetful

adj (= absent-minded) → vergesslich; (of one’s duties etc) → achtlos, nachlässig (of gegenüber)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

forgetful

[fəˈgɛtfʊl] adj (absent-minded) → distratto/a, di poca memoria
forgetful of → dimentico/a di
it was very forgetful of me not to ... → è stata una grande dimenticanza quella di non...

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

forget

(fəˈget) – past tense forgot (fəˈgot) : past participle forgotten (fəˈgotn) – verb

1. to fail to remember. He has forgotten my name.

2. to leave behind accidentally. She has forgotten her handbag.

3. to lose control of (oneself), act in an undignified manner. She forgot herself and criticized her boss during the company party.

forˈgetful adjective

often forgetting. She is a very forgetful person.

forˈgetfully adverb

forgetful

a. olvidadizo-a; negligente.

forgetful

adj olvidadizo

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Extinguishing the lamp I pulled the bed-clothing about my head and lay trembling and silent, unable to shriek, forgetful to pray.

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And again, if he is forgetful and retains nothing of what he learns, will he not be an empty vessel?

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I mean no more than that I partly owe to you my existence during great part of the time which I have employed in composing it: another matter which it may be necessary to remind you of; since there are certain actions of which you are apt to be extremely forgetful; but of these I hope I shall always have a better memory than yourself.

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Here, then, was Nicholl, his gun on the ground, forgetful of danger, trying if possible to save the victim from its cobweb prison.

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The most forgetful squirrel in the wood was called Silvertail.

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Though the most absent-minded and forgetful of men, Pierre, with the aid of a list his wife drew up, had now bought everything, not forgetting his mother- and brother-in-law's commissions, nor the dress material for a present to Belova, nor toys for his wife's nephews.

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"The manners of Porthos are therefore prettier than the manners of David, who when he has sent me to hide from him behind a tree sometimes comes not in search, and on emerging tamely from my concealment I find him playing other games entirely forgetful of my existence.