brain-dead
adjective
1
: characterized by brain death
2
: lacking intelligence or vitality
brain-dead fools
Examples of brain-dead in a Sentence
it seems like she's always doing some brain-dead thing or another
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Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus.
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Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Due to patient-privacy rules, Emory hasn’t said what exactly happened in February following Smith’s apparently devastating and irreversible brain damage, but the standard procedure for a brain-dead patient clearly did not play out.
—Christine Henneberg, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Newkirk said her daughter was declared brain-dead and placed on a ventilator.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 17 June 2025
The Pitt went for its series premiere; another early-season episode that involved, among other things, Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) comforting a pair of siblings about their dying father; and the rather devastating episode involving a 6-year-old drowning victim and a brain-dead college student.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 June 2025
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Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Due to patient-privacy rules, Emory hasn’t said what exactly happened in February following Smith’s apparently devastating and irreversible brain damage, but the standard procedure for a brain-dead patient clearly did not play out.
—Christine Henneberg, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Newkirk said her daughter was declared brain-dead and placed on a ventilator.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 17 June 2025
The Pitt went for its series premiere; another early-season episode that involved, among other things, Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) comforting a pair of siblings about their dying father; and the rather devastating episode involving a 6-year-old drowning victim and a brain-dead college student.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 June 2025
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain-dead. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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