as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
it seems like she's always doing some brain-dead thing or another
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Recent Examples of brain-dead
Thankfully, Mario Kart World isn’t as brain-dead and overly corporate as the above sounds.
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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
She’s rushed to the nearest hospital, where she is pronounced brain-dead.
—Brea Baker, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
Alive first reported that a brain-dead pregnant woman was being kept alive by doctors until her fetus can survive outside the womb.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 21 May 2025
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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
She’s rushed to the nearest hospital, where she is pronounced brain-dead.
—Brea Baker, Refinery29, 22 May 2025
Alive first reported that a brain-dead pregnant woman was being kept alive by doctors until her fetus can survive outside the womb.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain-dead
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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Instead, the series seems determined to prove that age is just a number by forcing its leads, now including Choudhury and Parker, to act as if 50 is the new (and very stupid) 30.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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Jurassic Park, based on the Michael Crichton best-seller, is an evolutionary joke: Man, the master of the universe, has become mere flesh, consumed by animals allegedly too stupid to survive.—
David Denby,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The whales often appear unbothered, turning gently toward swimmers or drifting by in slow, graceful passes.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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Now, in the new study, researchers have gathered data that supports the theory that the demise of tropical forests, and their slow recovery, limited carbon sequestration – a process where carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in plants, soils or minerals.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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The simplest ideas in mathematics can also be the most perplexing.—
Leila Sloman,
Wired News,
29 June 2025
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And given that toppers were developed specifically as a lighter, simpler alternative to full-bodied campers, designed to fit within limited midsize truck payloads, that extra beef is a definite problem for some shoppers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 June 2025
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain-dead. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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