Self-interest aside, there are greater social implications to memory failure than misplacing keys.

Such memory failures, critics say, are highly unlikely.

I had a question about Bogota,' said Chris, feigning memory failure.

The board held that his memory failure showed a lack of full rehabilitation and the need for further punishment.

Absentmindedness is a gap in attention which causes memory failure.

The opponents often resist; memory failure is common.

Of course he had been upset by Maya's memory failure.

And when repeated urgency becomes routine, then memory failure must be intruded into it.

Results suggest that drug use may cause retrospective memory failures.

It's daft really, because it's not as if you suddenly develop crow's feet or memory failure.