forgetfulness

[fer-get-fuhl]

for·get·ful

[fer-get-fuhl]
adjective
1.
apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
2.
heedless or neglectful (often followed by of): to be forgetful of others.
3.
bringing on oblivion: forgetful slumber.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see forget, -ful

for·get·ful·ly, adverb
for·get·ful·ness, noun
qua·si-for·get·ful, adjective
qua·si-for·get·ful·ly, adverb
un·for·get·ful, adjective
EXPAND
un·for·get·ful·ly, adverb
un·for·get·ful·ness, noun
COLLAPSE


1. absent-minded, inattentive, unmindful.

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Forgetfulness is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
forgetful (fəˈɡɛtfʊl)
 
adj (foll by of)
1.  tending to forget
2.  inattentive (to) or neglectful (of)
3.  poetic causing loss of memory
 
for'getfully
 
adv
 
for'getfulness
 
n

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