as in stupid
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 Terry was declared brain-dead by doctors and died on August 15, 2024, nearly three days after the initial 911 call, the outlet reported. Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025 The recluse of 30 years comes out of hibernation and emerges with a new album that fires up more brain-dead devotion and fawning. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025 In the eighth episode, the boy’s parents agree to donate their brain-dead son’s organs, and the doctors and nurses line up for an honor walk as the parents and their son are led off to meet up with the transplant team. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025 This technique has been in development since 2021, focusing initially on brain-dead patients before transitioning to living individuals. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brain-dead
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Adjective
  • Making stupid internet fodder has never been easier than now, with the prevalence of AI image generators making everything from deepfakes to memes.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Much like the stupid prions wreaking havoc in his brain.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Adjective
  • The company reaffirmed plans to launch an affordable model in early 2025, but warned the production ramp could be slower than expected.
    Akash Sriram and Abhirup Roy, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The last two years have been incredibly slow, with existing home sales at their lowest levels since the mid-1990s.
    Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The simplest way, Studholme suggests, is to use one group of neutrals or a tone on tone graduation of the same color, such as Pigeon, Blue Gray, Muzzle and Cromarty from Farrow & Ball, for example.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Asked who’d buy these gold cards during an Oval Office meeting with reporters in February, Trump had a simple answer.
    Meehika Barua, HubSpot, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These Steve Madden platform sneakers feature thick, cushioned soles that provide extra height without sacrificing comfort.
    Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The first is the pomodoro, a thick, fluffy pan-pizza smeared with sugo di pomodoro, a rich red sauce with a deep tomato flavor that tastes like it’s been reducing for hours.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain-dead. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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