Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not memorable; not worth remembering.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not memorable; not worth remembering.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That cannot be remembered or has been forgotten.
  • adjective loosely Whose origins have been forgotten; immemorial.

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Examples

  • To me the word recalls immemorable associations -- vistas of narrow old streets redolent of the Renaissance, echoing still with brawl and clash of arms, and haunted by the general stock in trade of the artist's historical fancy.

    The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

  • It was in the dusk of Death's fluttery wings that Tarwater thus crouched, and, like his remote forebear, the child-man, went to myth-making, and sun-heroizing, himself hero-maker and the hero in quest of the immemorable treasure difficult of attainment.

    LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010

  • The shoreline is littered with oyster and clam shells cultivated over time immemorable.

    Daniel Heimpel: A Lesson to Be Learned 2010

  • The shoreline is littered with oyster and clam shells cultivated over time immemorable.

    Daniel Heimpel: A Lesson to Be Learned 2010

  • If Obama camp are smart they will make this a immemorable gaffe.

    McCain's Plan To Help Balance Budget: Win War In Iraq 2009

  • And other cast members of SNL of whom I do not know your names because you are immemorable!

    How will 'SNL' fare without Amy Poehler? | EW.com 2008

  • And that which must seek now to awake is not an anglicized oriental people, docile pupil of the West and doomed to repeat the cycle of the Occident's success and failure, but still the ancient immemorable Shakti recovering her deepest self, lifting her head higher towards the supreme source of light and strength and turning to discover the complete meaning and a vaster form of her Dharma.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

  • And that which must seek now to awake is not an anglicized oriental people, docile pupil of the West and doomed to repeat the cycle of the Occident's success and failure, but still the ancient immemorable Shakti recovering her deepest self, lifting her head higher towards the supreme source of light and strength and turning to discover the complete meaning and a vaster form of her Dharma.

    Just ignore the dwarfs in our Parliament and parties, the wind of change is blowing Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

  • The opening DJ in the main room was immemorable, so we took the opportunity to lubricate ourselves with Miller Lite in omgIdidn'tknowtheyhad plastic bottles.

    Archive 2006-04-01 2006

  • The opening DJ in the main room was immemorable, so we took the opportunity to lubricate ourselves with Miller Lite in omgIdidn'tknowtheyhad plastic bottles.

    Dj Rap Could Make Me Switch, but Just for One Night 2006

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