Meaning & use
forgotten
No longer remembered or recalled; left out of memory or attention.
See it in a sentence
The forgotten manuscript sat untouched in the archive for decades.
He felt forgotten after none of his old friends called on his birthday.
A note on using this word
As the past participle of "forget," it also completes perfect verb tenses, as in "I have forgotten his name."
Words with a similar meaning
overlookedunremembered
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
rememberedcherished
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