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as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
a teacher who affirms that there are no brainless students, only lazy ones
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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
a brainless decision to talk on her cell phone while weaving in and out of traffic
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And in the ultimate exemplification of how an endless stream of content begets pernicious bunkum, John McPhail’s Dear David is arguably the most brainless release of the year.
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
Except these mussels are eyeless, brainless, little brown creatures that few people have ever heard of.
—Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
Mostly born of concern about children, this panic quickly toggled toward adults as well, such that the looming specter of a zombified spectator, passively assailed by toxic, brainless, morally compromised TV images became a figure of great cultural worry.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2023
It's long been known that any creature with a central nervous system needs to sleep, but jellyfish are effectively brainless.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2017
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Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
Except these mussels are eyeless, brainless, little brown creatures that few people have ever heard of.
—Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
Mostly born of concern about children, this panic quickly toggled toward adults as well, such that the looming specter of a zombified spectator, passively assailed by toxic, brainless, morally compromised TV images became a figure of great cultural worry.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2023
It's long been known that any creature with a central nervous system needs to sleep, but jellyfish are effectively brainless.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2017
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“Brainless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainless. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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