Existing
Existing adjective - Having being at the present time.
Forgotten
Forgotten adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.
Both words in one sentence
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Forgotten Phlebotinum: Ghostwriter moves and rearranges existing letters to communicate.
Source: Series / Ghostwriter - Some pre-existing terms are admittedly opaque, require knowledge of a certain Trope Namer, have been forgotten by the public consciousness (or just never caught on in the first place).
Source: Administrivia / Naming a Trope -
Every time new writers come on board, they kill or write off any new characters the previous writer introduced, and existing characters' development tends to be largely forgotten.
Source: Writer on Board
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Forgotten and Existing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/existing/forgotten
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