Forgotten and Refuse

Forgotten

Forgotten adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.
Usage example: a long-forgotten house down a winding dirt road

Refuse and forgotten are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead an adjective "Forgotten".

Refuse

Refuse noun - Discarded or useless material.

Forgotten and refuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forgotten" instead an adjective "Refuse".

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Both words in one sentence

  • Old Beggar Test November had forgotten the Genre Savvy principle of always helping old beggar women at the side of the road, but she gave the woman almost all of the food she'd packed anyway because it would look terrible for the king's daughter to refuse a beggar.
  • Western Animation / The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Forgotten Fallen Friend: In Nergal Jr.'s origin episode, he paralyzes a boy who was disgusted by his appearance and shapeshifts into his form, doing the same to all other children he meets who refuse to be his friend (as an homage to John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)).
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