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memoryless

8.6

Someone who cannot remember past events

adjective
/ˈmɛməriˌlɛs/

: 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

22 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

1 8.4

Not good at remembering things

means almost no ability to remember over time

How Forgetful

memoryless

8.6

forgetful

22 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.