Thesaurus / forgetful
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Some offer massive power storage, while others offer built-in conveniences like built-in charging cables in case you’re the forgetful type.
THE BEST PORTABLE POWER BANKS TO KEEP YOUR GADGETS CHARGED ON THE GOSTAN HORACZEKOCTOBER 7, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEYou can plug it directly into any iPhone with a modern connector, which really comes in handy if you’re forgetful or you hate trying to coil up a long cable to cram into your bag.
THE BEST PORTABLE POWER BANKS TO KEEP YOUR GADGETS CHARGED ON THE GOSTAN HORACZEKOCTOBER 7, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWhen mice of a certain age become forgetful, they spend more time checking out little trinkets they’ve seen before—objects that should warrant only a quick “Oh yeah, that thing again” glance.
HAS THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEEN IN OUR BLOOD ALL ALONG?KAT MCGOWANSEPTEMBER 28, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThe internal obstacles that commonly prevent change—the tendency to give into temptation, to be lazy, to be forgetful, to experience self-doubt, and so on—are surmountable.
THE 3 SCIENCE-BACKED STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR POST-PANDEMIC GOALSKATY MILKMANMAY 6, 2021TIMEFor kidsChildren can be forgetful and finicky, with likes and dislikes that seem to change on a whim.
EIGHT MASKS THAT MAKE GREAT STOCKING STUFFERSJOHN KENNEDYDECEMBER 10, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEPandemic anxiety is making us sleepless, forgetful and angry.
AS STAY-AT-HOME RESTRICTIONS RISE, HERE ARE WAYS TO COPEWASHINGTON POST STAFF, ELIZABETH CHANG, MARI-JANE WILLIAMS, BECKY KRYSTAL, KENDRA NICHOLS, CAITLIN MOORE, STEPHANIE MERRY, MISSY ROSENBERG, KATHERINE LEEDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POSTHis action was simply the action of a strong, business-like, and patriotic man, forgetful of finesse.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONInstead of being confiding and happy, she seemed listless, forgetful, and nervous.
THE VALUE OF A PRAYING MOTHERISABEL C. BYRUMAmazed, forgetful of their discomfort, the girls listened while the throbbing, haunting melody wailed itself to a close.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPEWhen Mysie reached her room, she sat down to think matters over for herself, forgetful of the fact that she was wet.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHWORDS RELATED TO FORGETFUL
- absent
- absentminded
- absorbed
- abstracted
- amnesic
- blind
- blundering
- careless
- deaf
- disregardful
- distracted
- dreamy
- forgetful
- forgetting
- gone
- heedless
- inattentive
- incognizant
- inconversant
- insensible
- neglectful
- negligent
- not all there
- out to lunch
- overlooking
- preoccupied
- regardless
- spacey
- strung-out
- unacquainted
- unconcerned
- unconscious
- undiscerning
- unfamiliar
- uninformed
- uninstructed
- unknowing
- unmindful
- unnoticing
- unobservant
- unrecognizing
- unwitting
- zonked
- absent
- absent-minded
- absorbed
- abstracted
- airheaded
- asleep
- bemused
- bugged
- daydreaming
- deep
- distracted
- distrait
- engaged
- engrossed
- faraway
- fascinated
- forgetful
- have on the brain
- heedless
- hung up
- immersed
- inconscient
- intent
- lost
- lost in thought
- mooning
- moony
- oblivious
- obsessed
- rapt
- removed
- spellbound
- spread-out
- taken up
- unaware
- woolgathering
- wrapped-up
- any old way
- any which way
- asleep at switch
- asleep on job
- behindhand
- culpable
- daydreaming
- defaultant
- delinquent
- derelict
- dilatory
- disregardful
- fainéant
- forgetful
- heedless
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- lackadaisical
- lax
- lazy
- neglectful
- negligent
- regardless
- slack
- slapdash
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slothful
- slow
- tardy
- uninterested
- unmindful
- woolgathering
- blind
- careless
- caught napping
- daydreaming
- deaf
- deaf to
- doped
- forgetful
- heedless
- in a daze
- inattentive
- incognizant
- inconversant
- insensible
- mooning
- negligent
- nescient
- not all there
- not cognizant
- oblivious
- out cold
- out of it
- out to lunch
- spacey
- unacquainted
- unconcerned
- unconscious
- unenlightened
- unfamiliar
- uninformed
- uninstructed
- unknowing
- unmindful
- unsuspecting
- unwitting
- aloof
- blind
- blithe
- callous
- careless
- cold
- cool
- deaf
- detached
- dispassionate
- distant
- easy
- feckless
- forgetful
- hard-hearted
- hardened
- heedless
- impassive
- inattentive
- incurious
- indifferent
- insensible
- insensitive
- insouciant
- lackadaisical
- lukewarm
- negligent
- neutral
- nonchalant
- oblivious
- phlegmatic
- relaxed
- reserved
- self-centered
- serene
- stony
- supine
- unbothered
- uninterested
- uninvolved
- unmoved
- unperturbed
- unruffled
- unsympathetic
- untroubled
- unworried
- accidental
- aimless
- chance
- comatose
- forgetful
- haphazard
- ignorant
- inadvertent
- incognizant
- inconversant
- innocent
- involuntary
- numb
- oblivious
- senseless
- unacquainted
- unaware
- unconscious
- undesigned
- unfamiliar
- uninformed
- uninstructed
- unintended
- unintentional
- unknowing
- unmeant
- unmindful
- unplanned
- unsuspecting
- unthinking
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