forgetful
adjective/fərˈɡɛtfəl/
Frequency rank: #14,732 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
tending to forget things easily.
Example sentence
My grandfather is becoming quite forgetful in his old age.
Synonyms & related words
- absent-minded
- scatterbrained
- inattentive
- distracted
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