forgettable

forgettable

English

Etymology

    From forget + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛtəbəl

    Adjective

    forgettable (comparative more forgettable, superlative most forgettable)

    1. Possible to be forgotten.
    2. Easily forgotten; not special or notable.
      Antonym: unforgettable
      • 2012, Jeff Rice, Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the Network, page 160:
        Barthes describes the punctum (the nonconnotative or denotative meaning) of the photograph (or movie still) in such a manner; the detail relevant or not relevant to the image's overall meaning becomes the focus of an otherwise forgettable picture []

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