forgotten

Examples

• All

• The library holds many forgotten books that were once bestsellers.

• So yes, there is nothing more painful than being forgotten about when it happens.

• Well, on average, everyone has been forgotten in history, right?

• Come Monday, the fired man is the forgotten man.

  Larry Crowne (2011)

• Not much was left of the war: it was as forgotten as the oil we were fighting for.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Sometimes they're just forgotten or neglected or left behind.

• But in 1978, when Funch first arrived, it was dirty, poor, and forgotten.

  Academic text (2007)

• It felt like the perfect vehicle to talk about this forgotten atrocity.

• Janet scowled at him, a forgotten question making her even more irritable than she had been.

  Fiction book (1991)

• All the ugliness and forgotten heaps of metal stood whole in the outline of New York City.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

U

unseen

vsforgotten

66 3.2

Hidden so people do not notice it

is broader, covering memory lapse or oversight, not only lack of sight

U

unnoticed

vsforgotten

57 2.5

Other people do not see or pay attention to it

also applies when something is missed in memory rather than only unseen

U

undetected

vsforgotten

37 4.6

Not found or noticed by others

usually denotes failure of detection rather than ordinary memory lapse or neglect

L

lost in the shuffle

vsforgotten

• Informal

5 7.5

Missed when people are busy or things are disorganized

refers to being missed without any specific chaotic cause

U

unmentioned

vsforgotten

4 4.4

Not said or talked about

covers both being overlooked in memory and not being discussed by others

U

unremarked

vsforgotten

1 7.4

Not noticed or talked about by other people

applies to memory lapse or accidental lack of attention rather than silence

U

unremembered

vsforgotten

1 8.1

People forget it

includes not being noticed or attended to as well as memory loss

U

unperceived

vsforgotten

1 8.2

Other people do not notice someone or something

focuses more on being missed in memory or attention rather than unnoticed

O

overlooked

vsforgotten

4.0

People do not notice it when it is important

focuses on failing to remember or unintentionally ignoring something

U

unrecalled

vsforgotten

6.6

Not remembered or brought back to mind

covers both failure of memory and lack of attention or notice

U

unnoted

vsforgotten

7.3

Not seen by people or left out when people think about it

also includes failure to remember later, not only omission from records

U

unregarded

vsforgotten

6.7

Not noticed or given any attention

is narrower, focusing on being missed unintentionally instead of deliberate devaluation

N

neglected

vsforgotten

4.1

Not given proper attention and often ignored by others

implies ongoing lack of care, while the main concept stresses unintentional memory lapse or oversight

How Remembered

famous

∞ 1.0

memorable

181 3.5

forgotten

21 2.0

Surface Forms

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