unretentive

Examples

• All

• Because his memory was unretentive, he often forgot important appointments.

• She found her unretentive mind struggled with learning new vocabulary.

• Although he tries to recall names, his unretentive memory makes it difficult.

• Why is her memory so unretentive?

• Despite studying hard, he found himself unretentive and struggled to recall the information during the exam.

• Her unretentive nature made it challenging for her to remember names and faces of new acquaintances.

• Many students are unretentive after long lectures, often forgetting the material by the time they get home.

Synonyms

S

short

vsunretentive

122 7.8

Having a poor memory and often forgetting things

focuses on failing to keep information, not on planning for future

F

forgetful

vsunretentive

23 2.8

A person who often cannot remember things

is about weak retaining ability rather than a habit of inattention

A

amnestic

vsunretentive

• Specialized

1 9.6

Related to or causing loss of memory

is the everyday inability to retain things, not a medical condition

M

memoryless

vsunretentive

8.6

Someone who cannot remember past events

is a milder inability to retain information rather than almost none

U

unremembering

vsunretentive

8.1

Not able to think of things that happened before

describes poor retention generally rather than isolated failures to recall

Antonyms

R

retentive

7 6.5

Able to remember things easily and for a long time

How Retentive

retentive

7 6.5

unretentive

8.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology