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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Authors from Guangzhou Medical University First Affiliated Hospital in Ching didn’t identify the patient in the study, but he’s described as a 39-year-old man who was declared brain-dead after a brain hemorrhage.
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Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Suffice to say, kids were clear which group was which (brilliant/average/brain-dead), and more to the point, by Day 2 of school, the parents were, too.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Weapons is not brain-dead entertainment; the film is impeccably crafted and filled with fantastically game actors.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
She was hospitalized several times before slipping into a coma and being declared brain-dead on Aug. 18, 2023.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
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Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Suffice to say, kids were clear which group was which (brilliant/average/brain-dead), and more to the point, by Day 2 of school, the parents were, too.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Weapons is not brain-dead entertainment; the film is impeccably crafted and filled with fantastically game actors.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
She was hospitalized several times before slipping into a coma and being declared brain-dead on Aug. 18, 2023.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for brain-dead
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain-dead. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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