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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Every season brings dozens of new Christmas offerings, most of which prove instantly forgettable. Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024 Unfortunately for us, this means revisiting the wreck that was Houston's season, which some might consider forgettable. Shafaq Patel, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024 Address: 45 West 70th Street Price: $14.98 Million TVs in listings tend to be edited in post to show a serene and forgettable beach shot. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2024 Historically, it’s been a mixed bag between the completely forgettable (remember Mark McKinney’s Al Gore during the 1996 election?) and generationally definitive (Dana Carvey’s George Bush, Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush) works of satire. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024 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 28 Nov. 2024.

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