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单词 forgetful
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Examples of 'forgetful' in a sentence
forgetful

You can become more forgetful and less able to focus on the task at hand.Now he has become quite forgetful.The older we get, the more blasé and forgetful we become.She would be a bit forgetful or she wouldn't want to go out.But we rarely ask him to babysit, because he can be a bit forgetful.

In other languages
forgetful

British English: forgetful ADJECTIVE
Someone who is forgetful often forgets things.
My mother has become very forgetful and confused.
  • American English: forgetful
  • Brazilian Portuguese: esquecido
  • Chinese: 健忘的
  • European Spanish: despistado
  • French: qui a mauvaise mémoire
  • German: vergesslich
  • Italian: smemorato
  • Japanese: 忘れっぽい
  • Korean: 건망증이 심한
  • European Portuguese: esquecido
  • Latin American Spanish: despistado

Chinese translation of 'forgetful'

forgetful

(fəˈɡɛtful)

adj

  1. [person] 健忘的 (jiànwàng de)
(adjective) 
Definition
tending to forget
My mother has become very forgetful recently.
Synonyms
absent-minded
The laptop was exactly where its absent-minded owner had left it.
vague
He was an intelligent but rather vague Englishman.
careless
Office workers are notoriously careless about their passwords.
neglectful
Children who are neglected tend to become neglectful parents.
oblivious
She appeared oblivious to her surroundings.
lax
One of the problems is lax security for airport personnel.
negligent
The jury ruled that the Council had acted in a negligent manner.
dreamy
slapdash
a slapdash piece of work
heedless
She scattered the letters about in her heedless haste.
slipshod
inattentive
These children were more likely to be inattentive at school.
unmindful
apt to forget
having a memory like a sieve
Opposites
careful
,
attentive
,
mindful
,
retentive
,
unforgetting
,
unforgetful

Additional synonyms

in the sense of careless
Definition
done or acting with insufficient attention
Office workers are notoriously careless about their passwords.
Synonyms
negligent,
hasty,
unconcerned,
cursory,
perfunctory,
thoughtless,
indiscreet,
unthinking,
forgetful,
absent-minded,
inconsiderate,
heedless,
remiss (formal),
incautious,
unmindful,
regardless
in the sense of heedless
Definition
taking no notice
She scattered the letters about in her heedless haste.
Synonyms
careless,
reckless,
negligent,
rash,
precipitate,
oblivious,
foolhardy,
thoughtless,
unthinking,
imprudent,
neglectful,
inattentive,
incautious,
unmindful,
unobservant
in the sense of inattentive
Definition
not paying attention
These children were more likely to be inattentive at school.
Synonyms
preoccupied,
distracted,
careless,
negligent,
dreamy,
regardless,
vague,
thoughtless,
absent-minded,
slapdash,
neglectful,
heedless,
slipshod,
remiss (formal),
unmindful,
unobservant,
unheeding,
distrait,
ditzy or ditsy (slang)

Synonyms of 'forgetful'

forgetful

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of lax
Definition
lacking firmness
One of the problems is lax security for airport personnel.
Synonyms
slack,
casual,
careless,
sloppy (informal),
easy-going,
negligent,
lenient,
slapdash,
neglectful,
slipshod,
remiss (formal),
easy-peasy (slang),
overindulgent
in the sense of neglectful
Definition
not paying enough care or attention
Children who are neglected tend to become neglectful parents.
Synonyms
careless,
indifferent,
lax,
negligent,
uncaring,
thoughtless,
heedless,
inattentive,
remiss (formal),
unmindful,
disregardful
in the sense of negligent
The jury ruled that the Council had acted in a negligent manner.
Synonyms
careless,
regardless,
slack,
thoughtless,
inadvertent,
unthinking,
forgetful,
slapdash,
neglectful,
heedless,
slipshod,
inattentive,
remiss (formal),
unmindful,
disregardful
in the sense of oblivious
Definition
unaware or unconscious
She appeared oblivious to her surroundings.
Synonyms
unaware,
unconscious,
ignorant,
regardless,
careless,
negligent,
blind to,
unaffected by,
impervious to,
forgetful,
deaf to,
unconcerned about,
neglectful,
heedless,
inattentive,
insensible,
unmindful,
unobservant,
disregardful,
incognizant
in the sense of slapdash
Definition
careless or hasty
a slapdash piece of work
Synonyms
careless,
sloppy (informal),
hasty,
disorderly,
hurried,
last-minute,
messy,
clumsy,
negligent,
untidy,
haphazard,
perfunctory,
thoughtless,
thrown-together,
slovenly,
slipshod
in the sense of unmindful
Synonyms
careless,
slack,
indifferent,
oblivious,
lax,
negligent,
forgetful,
neglectful,
heedless,
inattentive,
remiss (formal),
unheeding
in the sense of vague
Definition
(of a person) not concentrating or thinking clearly
He was an intelligent but rather vague Englishman.
Synonyms
absent-minded,
absorbed,
abstracted,
distracted,
unaware,
musing,
vacant,
preoccupied,
bemused,
oblivious,
dreamy,
daydreaming,
faraway,
unthinking,
heedless,
inattentive,
unheeding
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