featherbrainedadjective
uk/ˈfeð.ə.breɪnd/us/ˈfeð.ɚ.breɪnd/UK informalsilly or often forgetting things
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- be on the tip of your tongue idiom
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- blank
- blank sth out
- blot sth out
- blur
- brain fade
- ear
- least
- least said soonest mended idiom
- lose sight of sth idiom 1
- lose track idiom 1
- lose sight of sth
- sight
- sink
- slip through the net idiom
- take sb's mind off sth idiom
- unlearn
- your mind is a blank/goes blank idiom
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Examples from literature
- It is a noteworthy fact that many of the featherbrained, harum-scarum captains endeavoured to man their vessels with men who had been trained in north-country colliers.