(v. t.) To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.
(v. t.) To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
(2) When tested 4 weeks later, they showed significant forgetting.
(3) They make a big deal when it happens, and then they forget.” The use of sarin has been highly contentious throughout the Syrian war.
(4) All freedom-loving people will miss him, but we will never forget his sacrifice and his achievements."
(5) But we shouldn’t forget that Gawker was not just getting sued over the Hulk Hogan sex tape case.
(6) Oh, and let’s not forget about him doing bad dance moves in a video making fun of Drake’s choreography in the Hotline Bling video.
(7) "We have vowed to never forget and we never will," he said.
(8) Seethetree Kingley Vale, Sussex Forget the colours of autumn; this place is sombre in colour and atmosphere but you will be walking among probably the oldest living organisms in Britain.
(9) You will also need to find alternative disposable bags for shops to stock while people get into the habit of bringing their own bag, however, and for when they forget.
(10) Also, if you want to press vinyl, forget it – leading up to this day all of the pressing plants are booked.
(11) This was generally mild and always fully reversible and consisted mainly of forgetfulness, occasionally hallucinations, nightmares and somnolence.
(12) Results for the backward-counting condition duplicate, for the retention intervals used, the shape of the classic Peterson and Peterson forgetting curve but indicate little loss of memory in either the rehearsal or alpha conditions.
(13) Forget about the infants' milk, only lucky children can get it.
(14) Effectiveness of the neuropharmacological actions improving the memory forgotten trace retrieval is shown to depend upon the duration of the spontaneous forgetting process.
(15) The first symptom of the younger brother (case 2) was also forgetfulness at 45 years old, then severe dementia was advanced, at last he died of pneumonia at age 53 old.
(16) Our board of trustees already involves [the ice hockey player] Ilya Kovalchuk and his wife Nicole, and we are now negotiating with [the boxer] Roy Jones Jr, who recently received Russian citizenship.” It is clear that Shatov is an achiever more than than a dreamer – a down-to-earth character who will never forget where he came from.
(17) Ultimately, we are fallible and forgetful, so the best way to solve the problem is as always choice-editing or design this inconvenience out.
(18) Nor should we forget why the Conservatives were so eager to seize that chance: they saw the opportunity to wipe out the achievements of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who demonstrated, over many years of hard graft, that the country’s economic management was safe in Labour’s hands.
(19) Deliberate forgetting Wouldn't it be useful if our minds had their own refuse collection service – a way of selectively depositing those memories we no longer require while keeping hold of those that we do?
(20) Obama acknowledged he had read an article "in the news just the other day wondering has Washington missed its opportunity, because as time goes on after Newtown, somehow people start moving on and forgetting" This was not the case, he said.
Forgetter
Definition:
(n.) One who forgets; a heedless person.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ernst’s may have earned her place for being just the opposite: forgettable.
(2) Clegg wants to be seen as a vital component in the machinery of government but the Lib Dems come across more like rinse aid in a dishwasher: probably useful, surely not essential, easily forgettable, and few people are clear about what it does.
(3) This largely forgettable evening has thus given Arsenal the most momentous night in their history, with Barcelona or Milan to be encountered in a final at the Stade de France on May 17.
(4) His business papers were in order: contracts for his real-estate business, tax documents, the forgettable dealings of a successful man – hardly what a killer might carry.
(5) Without Bryant, the San Antonio Spurs swept the Lakers in the first round of the postseason, a series that ended in Staples Center with Dwight Howard ending his forgettable tenure in LA by semi-deliberately fouling out of the lopsided loss .
(6) BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS WIN TEAM OF THE YEAR Head coach Warren Gatland and captain Sam Warburton collect the award, Warburton spitting out a particularly forgettable speech.
(7) It's an impressively constructed, awesomely designed, and completely forgettable entertainment that is indistinguishable from its peers.
(8) As the Queens Park Rangers manager's first taste of the play-offs was a forgettable, fractious affair, the Champions League and the Championship felt worlds apart, even if Redknapp, ever ready with a flippant one-liner, pretended to disagree.
(9) She fluffed her lines, struggling to remember that it was NHS computer systems that were wasteful and an obvious area for cuts: naturally enough, since it is an entirely forgettable argument.
(10) It's almost as if that match was instantly forgettable.
(11) The first half was forgettable and there was laughter from the crowd at the interval when the big-screen highlights were introduced, although there had been bits and pieces to admire, in particular the rugged power of Diamé.
(12) It was a very creative time.” It is dangerous to look back to the BBC’s past and identify golden ages (and a flick through back issues of the Radio Times puts paid to such notions: there has always been plenty of forgettable or mediocre programming among the wonderful stuff).
(13) He also made some forgettable novelty records, including a version of the Rolling Stones' Off The Hook.
(14) The red carpet is to fashion what Twitter is to reasoned discourse: it dilutes it to nothing but a series of quick, easily digestible and instantly forgettable hits that will be endlessly discussed within the shouty echo-chamber of commentators, and then repeats the whole process at the next awards event ad nauseum.
(15) The 225th Merseyside derby had been consigned to the growing file of the instantly forgettable when it was given a status it never merited by the announcement Rodgers had been sacked.
(16) Paolo Di Canio's nemesis had an infinitely forgettable, extremely one paced, afternoon punctuated by subsequent forfeitures of possession and appalling first touches.
(17) Chelsea might more normally consider this to have been a rather forgettable occasion.
(18) Given that what gets on my wick is precisely that kind of vacuous waffle, allow me to illuminate you all: Teavana Oprah Chai is merely vaguely spicy, very sweet tea that would be instantly forgettable if it wasn’t so queasily cloying.
(19) His introduction was the only lasting memory from a forgettable scoreless draw.
(20) His performance was so forgettable that it led to speculation that he might be the worst No1 pick in NBA history .