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for·got·ten (fər gät′'n)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

forget

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forgotten Synonyms

forgotten

modif.

not remembered, not recalled, not recollected, unremembered, unrecalled, unrecollected, unretained, obliterated, lost, lapsed, out of one's mind, clear out of one's mind, clean out of one's mind, gone out of one's head, erased from one's mind, having slipped one's mind, erased from one's consciousness, beyond recall, past recollection, past recall, consigned to oblivion, sunk in oblivion, overlooked, ignored, lost sight of, not recoverable, blotted out, blanked out; see also abandoned, neglected.


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forgotten Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • gem: The Creeper ought to be a forgotten gem, right?

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Consultant, Wall to Wall Television Not Forgotten series, 2005.

Used with adjective complement

  • have: And after finding I 'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked.
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forgotten quotes

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog isbetter thana dead lion.For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

-Bible (Old Testament)

There is always a forgotten thing, And love is not secure.

-Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)

Evil people†you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actressönever to be forgotten.

-Davis, Bette originally Ruth Elizabeth Davis

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