Forgetful vs Lackadaisical - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between forgetful and lackadaisical

is that forgetful is unable to remember things well; liable to forget while lackadaisical is showing no interest or enthusiasm.

* forgetfull (archaic)

(en adjective)

unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

(math) Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.

a forgetful''' mapping; a '''forgetful function

* forgetfully * forgetfulness

(en adjective)

Showing no interest or enthusiasm.

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I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.

the lackadaisical look on his face

* (showing no interest or enthusiasm) languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested * See also

* lackadaisically * lackadaisicalness