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
The Ukrainian Transplant Coordination Centre said in a statement that the donor was a four-year-old girl who was declared brain-dead by a medical council after suffering serious injuries.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus.
—Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Due to patient-privacy rules, Emory hasn’t said what exactly happened in February following Smith’s apparently devastating and irreversible brain damage, but the standard procedure for a brain-dead patient clearly did not play out.
—Christine Henneberg, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Newkirk said her daughter was declared brain-dead and placed on a ventilator.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 17 June 2025
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus.
—Lindsey Breitwieser, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Due to patient-privacy rules, Emory hasn’t said what exactly happened in February following Smith’s apparently devastating and irreversible brain damage, but the standard procedure for a brain-dead patient clearly did not play out.
—Christine Henneberg, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Newkirk said her daughter was declared brain-dead and placed on a ventilator.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 17 June 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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No Broward program can possibly be as wasteful and downright stupid as the Office of Election Crimes and Security (OECS).—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Aug. 2025
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On the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement, THAT IS A TOTAL DISASTER!—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Three organic meats are on offer for Sunday roast: slow roasted Black Angus, with creamed horseradish; succulent Tamworth Pork with bramley apple sauce and Texel Lamb with a classic mint sauce.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Burrow hopes that feeling the rush and gaining real reps working the pocket will help lessen the impact of opening-week clunkers that contributed to the team’s slow starts.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 2025
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But it was intended to be a simple, three-course meal, the documents showed.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
16 Aug. 2025
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In North Carolina, Republicans are a few votes shy of a supermajority in one chamber but still control the redistricting process because the state’s congressional maps are not subject to veto and therefore can be passed by a simple majority in the legislature.—
Elena Shao,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain-dead. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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