forgotten

[fer-got-n] / fərˈgɒt n /

ADJECTIVE

out of one's mind

Synonyms

STRONG

abandoned buried erased gone lapsed lost obliterated omitted repressed suppressed

WEAK

blanked out blotted out blown over bygone clean forgot consigned to oblivion disremembered drew a blank fell between the cracks left behind left out past past recollection slipped one's mind unrecalled unremembered

Antonyms

STRONG

existing

WEAK

recalled recollected remembered

Example Sentences

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He was the forgotten man, cast into a recurring nightmare of rehab and hope.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

For Reed and De Maria, their fame was far more fleeting and their vital work seemingly forgotten.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

This is what an election ending feels like in a country that has not forgotten how to end an election.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

In the decades that followed, Field would lose his fortune to several Wall Street scams, dying in 1892 poor and largely forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

I had been so busy looking at all of that Ozark beauty I had forgotten about the monkeys.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

forgotten

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