[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forgetful \forget"ful\, a.
   1. apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful
      man should use helps to strengthen his memory.
      1913 webster

   2. heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
      1913 webster

            be not forgetful to entertain strangers. --heb.
                                                  xiii. 2.
      1913 webster

   3. causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. archaic
      or poetic "the forgetful wine." --j. webster.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

forgetful
     adj 1: not retentive syn: unretentive ant: retentive
     2: not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps
        he stumbled"- g.b.shaw syn: unmindful, mindless
        ant: mindful
     3: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her
        responsibilities"; "oblivious old age" syn: oblivious
see also:
unretentive retentive unmindful mindless mindful oblivious 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 moby thesaurus words for "forgetful":
   lethean, absent, absent-minded, absentminded, abstracted, airy,
   amnesiac, amnestic, bemused, blocked, careless, casual, converted,
   cursory, degage, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, dreaming,
   dreamy, easygoing, flippant, forgetting, free and easy, heedless,
   in the clouds, inattentive, inclined to forget, inconsiderate,
   indifferent, insouciant, lax, lazy, mindless, neglectful,
   negligent, oblivious, offhand, out of it, perfunctory, preoccupied,
   reckless, regardless, remiss, remote, repressed, respectless,
   slack, suppressed, tactless, thoughtless, unaccommodating,
   uncomplaisant, uncooperative, undiplomatic, unheedful, unheeding,
   unhelpful, unmindful, unobliging, unprepared, unready,
   unsolicitous, untactful, unthinking, unthoughtful, unwitting

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