"time forgot" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: Possibly originated by the 1918 novel The Land That Time Forgot, set in a secret island inhabited by dinosaurs. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} time forgot
  1. Isolated from the outside world and far behind the times; extremely outdated or archaic. Related terms: stuck in the Stone Age
    Sense id: en-time_forgot-en-phrase-ziaKEfHR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28
  2. Utterly forgotten; lost to history.
    Sense id: en-time_forgot-en-phrase-ik8pJ~T7
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          "ref": "1972, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28:",
          "text": "\"Jee-zus!\" Bobbie said, ramming her car viciously up Short Ridge Hill. \"Something fishy is going on here! We're in the Town That Time Forgot!\"",
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          "ref": "2018 March 19, Dan Lett, “Reviews underwhelming for federal conservative leader's coast-to-coast performance”, in Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, M.B.: FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-26:",
          "text": "That might have something to do with the fact [Andrew] Scheer is offering, as it stands, the policy platform that time forgot: concerns about deficit financing and the mortgaging of our children's future; all taxes, including the carbon tax, are bad and strangle the wealth creators that generate prosperity for all Canadians; government desperately needs to cut red tape and regulation to allow entrepreneurs to create jobs; Ottawa must support freer trade policies with a Canada-first mentality.",
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          "ref": "2009 August 24, Burkhard Bilger, “Perfect Match”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:",
          "text": "It's a game that favors strategy over strength, quickness over endurance, net play over ground strokes—the tennis that time forgot.",
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          "ref": "2011 October 4, Tom Service, “Sound of silence: the music education plan that time forgot”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-03:",
          "text": "It's the plan that time forgot: remember the national plan for music education, the government's scheduled response to the Henley review of music education? Don't worry, you're forgiven if you don't.",
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          "ref": "2012, Andy Gavin, Untimed, Pacific Palisades, C.A.: Mascherato Publishing, →ISBN, page 255:",
          "text": "During the ensuing conflict the original timeline was restored, but some Tick-Tocks survived, remnants of a time that time itself forgot.",
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          "ref": "2013 November 6, Connor Simpson, “Blockbuster Is Dead. Long Live the Video Store”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:",
          "text": "I loved snooping through rows and rows of DVDs, finding strange and obscure movies time forgot.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2015 March 16, Hellburg (lyrics and music), “The Girl (feat. Cozi Zuehlsdorff)”performed by Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Monstercat:",
          "text": "He's in love with the statue in a marble block / He's in love with the girl that time forgot",
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