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memoryless

memoryless

8.6
Someone who cannot remember past events
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛməriˌlɛs/
translation icon : amnésico
  • After the accident, he was almost completely memoryless and could not recall his childhood.

Examples

  • The character in the novel wakes up memoryless in a strange city, unsure of who she is.

  • Some neurological conditions can leave a person memoryless for certain periods of their life.

  • The memoryless device cannot store any data.

  • A memoryless system is often more efficient.

  • After the accident, he was almost completely memoryless and could not recall his childhood.

  • The character in the novel wakes up memoryless in a strange city, unsure of who she is.

  • Some neurological conditions can leave a person memoryless for certain periods of their life.

Synonyms

forgetful
vsmemoryless
23 2.8

A person who often cannot remember things

refers to frequent lapses rather than complete inability to recall
amnesic
vsmemoryless
  • Specialized
1 8.3

Having lost some or all of their memory

describes a near absence of ability to recall past events
amnestic
vsmemoryless
  • Specialized
1 9.6

Related to or causing loss of memory

focuses on whole lack of recall rather than cause
unretentive
vsmemoryless
8.4

Not good at remembering things

means almost no ability to remember over time

How Forgetful

memoryless
8.6
forgetful
23 2.8
absentminded
2 5.9

Surface Forms

memoryless positive

Morphology

memoryless = memory (transparent) = memory + less

The adjectival meaning 'without memory' is a direct, productive use of the suffix '-less' on 'memory'.

Etymology

Memoryless is formed from memory plus -less, meaning 'without', so it refers to a person who has little or no ability to remember past events or who cannot remember things.