unremember

Etymology

From un- + remember.

unremember means To fail to remember; to lose the memory or remembrance of; to forget. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 71 out of 100.

Why this word is great

UNREMEMBER — [Verb] To fail to remember; to lose the memory or remembrance of. Formed within English by derivation, from the prefix un- (expressing reversal or deprivation) and the verb remember. Unlike "forget" (a passive, often accidental lapse) or "erase" (a willful, surgical deletion), to unremember is the quiet, internal process of dissolution. It is the precise timbre of a voice fading from a recording you can no longer play, the careful blurring of a face in a photograph held too long in the mind's eye, or the slow, granular collapse of a painful detail into the benign silt of the past—a quiet archaeology where the artifact is not recovered, but willingly surrendered.

verb

To fail to remember; to lose the memory or remembrance of; to forget.