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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Newkirk said her daughter was declared brain-dead and placed on a ventilator.
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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
Thankfully, Mario Kart World isn’t as brain-dead and overly corporate as the above sounds.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Some argue that a more recent and more nuanced example of reproductive oppression is currently happening in Georgia, where Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother, was declared brain-dead after suffering a medical emergency.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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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
Thankfully, Mario Kart World isn’t as brain-dead and overly corporate as the above sounds.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Some argue that a more recent and more nuanced example of reproductive oppression is currently happening in Georgia, where Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother, was declared brain-dead after suffering a medical emergency.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain-dead. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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