forgettable

adjective

for·​get·​ta·​ble fər-ˈge-tə-bəl How to pronounce forgettable (audio)
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: fit or likely to be forgotten
a forgettable movie

Examples of forgettable in a Sentence

It was an extremely forgettable performance.
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Okay, The Gray Man was merely grim and lifeless, a forgettable action flick; those happen. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025 This is a sterile, forgettable little movie that has quickly come to function more as a time capsule than a salient bit of commentary, but there’s something valuable about the sobriety of its perspective. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 Saturday was shaping up to be a forgettable day at the ballpark for the Red Sox, who went into the top of the seventh trailing 7-0. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025 Sorensen replaced Luke Richardson early on in Year 2 of the Connor Bedard rebuild, but the Hawks actually have gone backward, ensuring a place for Sorensen alongside Jeremy Colliton on the Hawks’ honor roll of forgettable coaches. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forgettable

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of forgettable was in 1845

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“Forgettable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forgettable. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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