losing track
Drifting from awareness
Losing track is failing to maintain awareness of something over time.
You lose track of an old friend when contact fades, lose track of time when absorbed in work, lose track of your spending when you stop monitoring it.
The phrase implies gradual drift rather than sudden loss: I lost track of how many times I called.
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
- scatterbrainAbsentminded, disorganized person
- short attention spanInability to sustain focus
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
senior moment · overwhelm · absentmindedness · mental fatigue · zoning out · misremembering · lateness · anxiety · inattentiveness · confusion · frustration · derailed · stress · sidetracked · misdirection · emotional detachment · procrastination · boredom
- mental lapseslapse, forget, slip, misplace, overlook
- Memory Lossamnesia, forgetting, forgetfulness, memory lapse, memory gaps
- recitation mistakesstumble, stammer, stutter, flub, blank
- speech problemsstuttering, stammering, slurring, mumbling, slurred words
losing trackkeeping track
monitoring · following · tracking · paying attention · keeping an eye on
losing trackremembering
Retaining past information
keeping in mind · retaining · recalling · not forgetting · bearing in mind
losing trackcataloging
Systematic organization into records
documenting · accounting for · keeping track · managing · inventorying
lose, losing, lost, loser, losers, loss, losses, track, tracks