forgettableness
Quality of fading
The quality of being easily forgotten or not worth remembering.
Forgettableness is usually an insult when applied to creative work—a movie's forgettableness is worse than being actively bad.
The forgettableness of his speech surprised no one who knew him.
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- temporaryLimited in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
passing · short-lived · evanescent · transitory · fading · vanishing · brief · fleetingness
Pathological loss of recall
- recallMemory retrieval act
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- encodingConverting data to format
retrieval · consolidation · recognition · recollection · reminiscence · lapse · slip · blank
Willful lack of attention
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- inattentionLack of focus
- omissionFailure to include
indifference · apathy · oversight · heedlessness · unmindfulness · dismissal · sidelining · marginalization
Not worthy of comment
- nondescriptWithout distinguishing qualities
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- facelessLacking identity or features
- unmemorableNot worth recalling
indistinct · bland · generic · featureless · negligible · inconspicuous · unnoticed · invisible
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- erasureAct of wiping away
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
disappearance · limbo · emptiness · nonexistence · cessation · obscurity · anonymity · dustbin
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
impermanent · passing · short-lived · evanescent · transitory · fading · vanishing · brief · fleetingness · ephemerality
amnesia
Pathological loss of recall
encoding · retrieval · consolidation · recognition · recollection · reminiscence · lapse · slip · blank · hazy
disregard
Willful lack of attention
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- inattentionLack of focus
omission · indifference · apathy · oversight · heedlessness · unmindfulness · dismissal · sidelining · marginalization · unheeded
unremarkable
Not worthy of comment
- nondescriptWithout distinguishing qualities
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- facelessLacking identity or features
unmemorable · indistinct · bland · generic · featureless · negligible · inconspicuous · unnoticed · invisible · overlooked
void
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- erasureAct of wiping away
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
vanishing · disappearance · limbo · emptiness · nonexistence · cessation · obscurity · anonymity · dustbin · irrelevance
forgettablenessmemorability
Ease of being recalled
unforgettableness · memorableness · indelibility · lastingness · permanence
forgettablenessdistinctiveness
Quality of being distinguishable
remarkableness · uniqueness · strikingness · singularity · conspicuousness
forgettablenesssignificance
Quality of mattering
momentousness · consequentiality · importance · weightiness · noteworthiness