blurred recollection
noun phraseUK /blɜːd ˌrekəˈlekʃn/
US /blɝːd ˌrekəˈlekʃn/
A memory that is not clear in your mind.
I have only a blurred recollection of my first day at school.
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2. A half-remembered event that feels dreamlike or distant.
He spoke of the accident as a blurred recollection, like something seen through fog.
3. An uncertain impression of something that happened long ago.
Her blurred recollection of the old house made it hard to describe the rooms.
4. A memory that has faded over time and lost its details.
After forty years, the trip was just a blurred recollection of sun and sea.