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past recollection

ADJECTIVE
forgotten
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 slipped one's mind unrecalled unremembered
Antonyms
STRONG
existing
WEAK
recalled recollected remembered

Example Sentences

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He snatched up the lamp and peered into my face, but he was long past recollection.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John

Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind; buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion; clean forgotten; gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection. forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

This, however, very soon disappeared in the stream of past recollection and present interests, and a rapid, lively conversation soon united them all.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno