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Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.

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  1. a. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
  2. a. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
  3. a. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious.
  4. adj. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
  5. adj. not mindful or attentive
  6. adj. failing to keep in mind
  7. 1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. xiii. 2. 3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] "The forgetful wine." J. Webster.
  8. j:100 s. failing to keep in mind