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forgetful.

Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/fərˈɡɛtfəl/
  1. Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

  2. Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.

    a forgetful mapping; a forgetful functor
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse (“forgetfulness”)), equivalent to forget + -ful.

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