"forgetful" meaning in English

See forgetful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more forgetful [comparative], most forgetful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse (“forgetfulness”)), equivalent to forget + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*forgetful}} Middle English *forgetful, {{suf|en|forget|ful|pos=adjective}} forget + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} forgetful (comparative more forgetful, superlative most forgetful)
  1. Unable to remember things well; liable to forget. Translations (liable to forget): ἐπιλήσμων (epilḗsmōn) (Ancient Greek), نَسَّاء (nassāʔ) (Arabic), نَسِيّ (nasiyy) (Arabic), забравящ (zabravjašt) (Bulgarian), разсеян (razsejan) (Bulgarian), oblidadís (Catalan), oblidós (Catalan), bungaw (Cebuano), 健忘 (jiànwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 丟三落四 (Chinese Mandarin), 丢三落四 (diūsānlàsì) (Chinese Mandarin), zapomnětlivý (Czech), glemsom (Danish), vergeetachtig (Dutch), huonomuistinen (Finnish), oublieux (French), vergesslich (German), भुलक्कड (bhulakkaḍ) (Hindi), feledékeny (Hungarian), pelupa (Indonesian), dearmadach (Irish), smemorato (Italian), 忘れっぽい (wasureppoi) (Japanese), ұмытқан (ūmytqan) (Kazakh), oblīviōsus (Latin), immemor (Latin), aizmāršīgs (Latvian), aizmirsīgs (Latvian), wareware (Maori), māhungawai (Maori), oublieux (Norman), glemsom (Norwegian), gløymsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), gløymsam (Norwegian Nynorsk), oblidós (Occitan), اونوتغان (unutgan) (Ottoman Turkish), забудлїви (zabudljivi) (Pannonian Rusyn), zapominalski (Polish), esquecido (Portuguese), esquecidiço (Portuguese), esquecediço (Portuguese), uituc [masculine] (Romanian), забы́вчивый (zabývčivyj) (Russian), olvidadizo (Spanish), desmemoriado (Spanish), glömsk (Swedish), unutkan (Turkish), забу́дькуватий (zabúdʹkuvatyj) (Ukrainian), بُھلَکَّڑ (bhulakkaṛ) (Urdu), unutqan (Uzbek), anghofus (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-forgetful-en-adj-3EHrwbd6 Disambiguation of 'liable to forget': 99 1
  2. (mathematics) Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output. Categories (topical): Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forgetfull [archaic] Derived forms: forgetful functor, forgetfully, forgetfulness

Alternative forms

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      "word": "نَسَّاء"
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      "word": "разсеян"
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      "word": "oblidadís"
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      "word": "bungaw"
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      "word": "健忘"
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      "word": "丟三落四"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "zapomnětlivý"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "glemsom"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "vergeetachtig"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "huonomuistinen"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "oublieux"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "vergesslich"
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      "word": "pelupa"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "dearmadach"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "smemorato"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "忘れっぽい"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "ұмытқан"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "oblīviōsus"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "immemor"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "aizmāršīgs"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "aizmirsīgs"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "wareware"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "glemsom"
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
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      "sense": "liable to forget",
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "oblidós"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "unutgan",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "اونوتغان"
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      "code": "rsk",
      "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
      "roman": "zabudljivi",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "забудлїви"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "zapominalski"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "esquecido"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "esquecidiço"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "esquecediço"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
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      "word": "uituc"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabývčivyj",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "забы́вчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "olvidadizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "desmemoriado"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "glömsk"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "unutkan"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabúdʹkuvatyj",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "забу́дькуватий"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bhulakkaṛ",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "بُھلَکَّڑ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "unutqan"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "liable to forget",
      "word": "anghofus"
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