forgetful
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He’s raced to find ivory shoes for a forgetful groomsman and led a prayer to calm a jittery future husband.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
That luxury has, I fear, made us forgetful.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
Instagram and Snapchat were just two of the many platforms that had pledged to help forgetful, regretful netizens save their nominally temporary posts as long-lasting memories.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024
Many women talk about having "pregnancy brain" or "baby brain", to describe feeling forgetful, absent-minded or having brain fog.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
All the little duties were faithfully done each day, and many of her sisters’ also, for they were forgetful, and the house seemed like a clock whose pendulum was gone a-visiting.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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