Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not retentive or apt to retain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not retentive.
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- adjective Not
retentive or apt toretain .
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Examples
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The two qualities seem naturally to combine into that self-containedness (very different from self-contentedness) which distinguishes Chaucer, and which helps to give to his writings a manliness of tone, the direct opposite of the irretentive querulousness found in so great a number of poets in all times.
Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880
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a memory irretentive, she had a genuine desire to instruct herself, and that in a solid way.
The Emancipated George Gissing 1880
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