forgetful

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Turner said in a 2018 interview with CBS that he had Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder that he said made him tired and forgetful.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Maybe he was wounded, misidentified, forgetful of who he was.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

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

She rarely thought about her fiance, Esteban Trueba, not because she did not love him but because of her forgetful nature and because two years’ absence is a long time.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende