Forgetting

//fəˈɡɛtɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The mental act by which something is forgotten.

    "Jelliffe […] asks again and again […] how it was possible for an illness which had been described unmistakably innumerable times to be 'forgotten' anew by each generation. Such forgettings are as dangerous as they are mysterious, for they give us an unwarranted sense of security."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of forget form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
absent-mindedabsentmindednessblockedconverteddisregardforgetful

Example

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"It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation."

Related phrases

catastrophic forgetting

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