Forgettable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not memorable or worthy of being remembered; easily dismissed from memory
2. Difficult to recall or retain in one's memory due to lack of distinctive qualities
3. Lacking features that make something stand out, causing it to fade from memory quickly

Etymology: Forgettable is a plain formation: the verb "forget" plus the suffix "-able", meaning "able to be" or "worthy of being" something. The suffix has a long ancestry, traceable through Old French and back to Latin "-abilis", but it reached English as a productive ending that could be attached to almost any verb, so "forgettable" was built the same way as "readable" or "washable". The verb it rests on, "forget", is inherited from Old English "forgietan", which carried the same core sense of losing something from the mind. The adjective therefore describes something whose nature is to slip from memory, rather than something that has been lost.

Synonyms: unmemorable, ordinary, insignificant

Antonyms: memorable, remarkable, noteworthy