English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English *forgetful *forȝetful forgetfulnesse forȝetfulnesse ( “ forgetfulness ” ) ), equivalent to forget -ful
Adjective [ edit ] forgetful (comparative more forgetfulsuperlative most forgetful
Unable to remember things well; liable to forget .
1912 , William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, Poems and Dramas , William Heinemann, page 315 :Nor has Dalua part or mention in the antique legend. Like other ancient things, this divinity hath come secretly upon us in a forgetful time, new and strange and terrible, though his unremembered shadow crossed our way when first we set out on our long travel, in the youth of the world.
( mathematics ) Dropping some of the input 's structure or properties before producing an output .
a forgetful mapping; a forgetful functor Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
liable to forget
Arabic: نَسَّاء (ar) ( nassāʔ ) , نَسِيّ ( nasiyy )
Bulgarian: забравящ (bg) ( zabravjašt ) , разсеян (bg) ( razsejan )
Catalan: oblidadís oblidós
Cebuano: bungaw
Chinese:
Mandarin: 健忘 (zh) ( jiànwàng ) , 丟三落四 ／ 丢三落四 (zh) ( diūsānlàsì )
Czech: zapomnětlivý
Danish: glemsom (da)
Dutch: vergeetachtig (nl) , vergeetachtige (nl)
Finnish: huonomuistinen (fi)
French: oublieux (fr)
German: vergesslich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐπιλήσμων ( epilḗsmōn )
Hindi: भुलक्कड (hi) ( bhulakkaḍ )
Hungarian: feledékeny (hu)
Indonesian: pelupa (id)
Irish: dearmadach
Italian: smemorato (it)
Japanese: 忘れっぽい ( wasureppoi )
Kazakh: ұмытқан ( ūmytqan )
Latin: oblīviōsus immemor
Latvian: aizmāršīgs aizmirsīgs
Maori: wareware māhungawai
Norman: oublieux
Norwegian: glemsom Nynorsk: gløymsk gløymsam
Occitan: oblidós
Polish: zapominalski (pl)
Portuguese: esquecido (pt) , esquecidiço esquecediço
Romanian: uituc (ro) m
Russian: забы́вчивый (ru) ( zabývčivyj )
Spanish: olvidadizo (es) , desmemoriado (es)
Swedish: glömsk (sv)
Turkish: unutkan (tr)
Ukrainian: забу́дькуватий ( zabúdʹkuvatyj )
Uzbek: unutqan (uz)
Welsh: anghofus (cy)