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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The patient was brain-dead, and the procedure, which was performed in China, was a trial, but the organs — from a pig genetically modified to improve compatibility with human immune systems — were not immediately rejected.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 June 2026
Vargas Arellano was in a hospital, brain-dead and comatose for a week before ICE released him, and had contracted COVID-19 at the facility, according to his family and their lawyers, who are suing GEO Group over his death.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
He was declared brain-dead that day and taken off life support two days later.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner classified Robinson as brain-dead on March 2, issuing what is known as a demographic report, a document the office routinely issues following someone's death.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 June 2026
Vargas Arellano was in a hospital, brain-dead and comatose for a week before ICE released him, and had contracted COVID-19 at the facility, according to his family and their lawyers, who are suing GEO Group over his death.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
He was declared brain-dead that day and taken off life support two days later.
—City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner classified Robinson as brain-dead on March 2, issuing what is known as a demographic report, a document the office routinely issues following someone's death.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain-dead. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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