Forgetful vs Listless - What's the difference?
forgetful | listless | Related terms |
unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
(math) Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
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Forgetful is a related term of listless.
As adjectives the difference between forgetful and listless
is that forgetful is unable to remember things well; liable to forget while listless is lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.forgetful
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Alternative forms
* forgetfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- a forgetful''' mapping; a '''forgetful function
Derived terms
* forgetfully * forgetfulnesslistless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless .
- What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless , stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!
- The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.
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- “Listless , inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”
