forgotten
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forgotten
- /fəˈɡɒt.n̩/ UK
- /fɚˈɡɑ.tn̩/ US
- [fɚˈɡɑ.ʔn̩] US
- /fəˈɡʌt.ən/ New England
- [fəˈɡʌ.ʔn̩] New England
- /fɚˈɡʌt.ən/ New England
- [fɚˈɡʌ.ʔn̩] New England
Rhymes with -ɒtən
Where it comes from
From Middle English foryoten, from Old English forġeten, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. By surface analysis, forgot + -en.
adjective more forgotten · most forgotten
- Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered. The special writers whom Pope singled out for ridicule in this poem are forgotten, but this does not matter.
verb
- past participle of forget
noun forgottens
- A person or thing that has been forgotten. Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens, New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: disregarded, irrecoverable, unrecoverable, unnoticed, lost, oblivious, neglected, unsung, failed, overlooked, abandoned, forsaken, over, gone, looked, left
Translations
Talk about this word "forgotten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/forgotten. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. forgotten. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/forgotten "forgotten." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/forgotten.Cite this
@misc{forgotten_2026,
title = {forgotten},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forgotten},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
