Absorbed
Forgotten
Forgotten adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.
Both words in one sentence
- In some ways, this is Truth in Television, as Abdul is one example of many "lost boys" who get absorbed into the foster system and ultimately forgotten.
Source: Literature / The Kid -
Ciaphas Cain: Despite his claims that he's a self-absorbed Dirty Coward, Cain becomes shocked at one point when he realises that he's forgotten the face of one of the soldiers who died under his command.
Source: The Dead Have Names - The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: The Horned King has for so long been absorbed in his goal of finding the Black Cauldron in order to take over the world that he has forgotten much of his long past.
Source: Fanfic / Hope For The Heartless
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