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  • noun philosophy The quality or state of being forgotten

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forgotten +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • PS Yes, I am still totally enjoying Cordwainer Smith, so he is no longer part of my well-forgottenness.

    Even in a little thing gillpolack 2005

  • The paper dropped into final forgottenness between his feet.

    The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

  • His hand lay as she knew it, with the curious loose forgottenness of a sleeping animal.

    Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

  • It was meaningless to ask whether it did on Earth just then-doubly meaningless, given the physics here and the forgottenness yonder.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

  • It was meaningless to ask whether it did on Earth just then'doubly meaningless, given the physics here and the forgottenness yonder.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988

  • Let it fail in the work set it to do and it is cast aside into forgottenness or broken up as waste.

    The Justice of the King Hamilton Drummond 1896

  • Some neglected pleasances are so far gone that you cannot wish to live in them, but the forgottenness of the Villa d'Este hospitably allured me to instant and permament occupation, so that when I heard it could now be bought, casino and all, for thirty thousand dollars, nothing but the want of the money kept me from making the purchase.

    Roman Holidays, and Others William Dean Howells 1878

  • The land’s serrated mesas and loping glens nestled its residents in a sense of forgottenness, which was fine with them.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • The land’s serrated mesas and loping glens nestled its residents in a sense of forgottenness, which was fine with them.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

  • The land’s serrated mesas and loping glens nestled its residents in a sense of forgottenness, which was fine with them.

    The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010

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