unforgotten

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adjective

Not forgotten; still remembered.

OriginEnglish forgotten ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunforgotten (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot forgotten; still remembered.

    He pushed his mother’s legs, retribution for some unforgotten slight.

    1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 339
verb

alternative un-forgotten

  1. participlepastpast participle of unforget

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishforgotten
  9. Englishunforgotten

From un- + forgotten.

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APA

unforgotten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforgotten

MLA

“unforgotten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforgotten. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unforgotten,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unforgotten.

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