FORGOTTEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forgotten mean? 

• FORGOTTEN (adjective)
  The adjective FORGOTTEN has 1 sense:

1. not noticed inadvertently

  Familiarity information: FORGOTTEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORGOTTEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not noticed inadvertently

Synonyms:

disregarded; forgotten

Context example:

he was scolded for his forgotten chores

Similar:

unnoticed (not noticed)

 Context examples 

My refusals were forgotten—my fears overcome—my wrestlings paralysed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I examined it with care and tried to recall some half-forgotten knowledge.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You cannot have forgotten the singular knife which was found in the dead man’s hand, a knife which certainly no sane man would choose for a weapon.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had thought that the whole matter was forgotten.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"The note is from Mother, and the flowers from Laurie," said Meg simply, yet much gratified that he had not forgotten her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Then I discovered I had forgotten guy-ropes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had no idea of north, and he had forgotten the way he had come to this spot the night before.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I had forgotten the strange pets which the Doctor affected.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He looked up so many new words that when they recurred, he had forgotten their meaning and had to look them up again.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I used to breakfast with them now, in virtue of some arrangement, of which I have forgotten the details.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)