forgettable

English

Etymology

From forget +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtəbəl

Adjective

forgettable (comparative more forgettable, superlative most forgettable)

  1. Possible to be forgotten.
  2. Easily forgotten; not special or notable.
    Antonym: unforgettable
    • 2012, Jeff Rice, Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the Network, page 160:
      Barthes describes the punctum (the nonconnotative or denotative meaning) of the photograph (or movie still) in such a manner; the detail relevant or not relevant to the image's overall meaning becomes the focus of an otherwise forgettable picture […]

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