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Forgetful   /fɔrgˈɛtfəl/  /fərgˈɛtfəl/   Listen
adjective
Forgetful  adj.  
1.
Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
2.
Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers."
3.
Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. (Archaic or Poetic) "The forgetful wine."





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"Forgetful" Quotes from Famous Books



... Tommy was now in the situation of a warrior that pursues a routed army. Dismay and terror scattered all his little associates a hundred different ways, while passion and revenge animated him to the pursuit, and made him forgetful of the wetness of his clothes, and the uncomfortableness of his situation. Whatever unfortunate boy came within his reach was sure to be unmercifully cuffed and pommelled; for, in the fury with which he felt himself inspired, he did not wait to consider ...
— The History of Sandford and Merton • Thomas Day
... if you can a million men, the core of the national power, turning themselves into machines to carry out blindly the schemes of leaders who may be right or wrong; schooled in the belief that manslaughter is manliness, that the rash courage of the brute is above the moral courage of a man; forgetful of the meaning of human life; thoughtless of a thing so common as death; heedless of its eternal consequences. No wonder Channing cried so bitterly: "War is the concentration of all human crimes. Under its standard gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud, rapacity, ...
— Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association • Intercollegiate Peace Association
... While he stood thus, forgetful of everything save the marvellous beauty of his surroundings, he was puzzled by a sound as of distant thunder coming from a direction in which no cloud was visible. As he speculated concerning this phenomenon, he was startled by a voice close at hand saying, ...
— "Forward, March" - A Tale of the Spanish-American War • Kirk Munroe
... since our country announced the Monroe doctrine. This principle has been ever since, and is now, one of the main foundations of our foreign relations. It must be maintained. But in maintaining it we must not be forgetful that a great change has taken place. We are no longer a weak Nation, thinking mainly of defense, dreading foreign imposition. We are great and powerful. New powers bring new responsibilities. Our ditty then was to protect ourselves. Added to that, our duty ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge • Calvin Coolidge
... Max, forgetful of himself, stood with wide eyes and white, absorbed face. He saw the climax of the scene—saw the bearded man lean across the table and seize the girl by the waist—saw, to his breathless amazement, the woman Lize suddenly grasp the champagne bottle and ...
— Max • Katherine Cecil Thurston


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