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brainlessness

noun

1
as in insanity
lack of good sense or judgment had the inexplicable brainlessness to sell his car for half of what it was worth

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2
as in stupidness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind the turkey is one bird that has often been cited for its brainlessness

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  1. insanity
  2. stupidness
  3. madness
  4. mindlessness
  5. simplicity
  6. thickness
  7. absurdity
  8. stupidity
Noun
  • Descano’s side went along with his insanity defense after approving a mental health evaluation by psychologist Eric Drogin, court records show.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Eleven of the 12 jurors accepted the defense’s argument that Clancy had acute postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Definition of stupidness
Noun
  • With one of the regional sites next April moving from Bridgeport to PeoplesBank Arena, and another regional scheduled for Springfield, UConn has a chance to really extend the madness past March around here.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Prison interviews and recovered footage slowly reveal how deeply entangled the two men had become in their shared madness.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of madness
Noun
  • There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of mindlessness
Noun
  • Black Beans and Sausage The simplicity of this dish allows the true flavors of each ingredient to shine through, meaning the earthy black beans won’t get lost in translation, even when paired with smoky sausage.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Ebicos Those who don't mind a permanent camper installation might prefer the simplicity of the Happy Dreamer Electric, which deploys and retracts with a single push of a button.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of simplicity
Noun
  • Co-existing in the same composition, those visible shifts in speed, thickness, and direction carved out three-dimensional spaces of ravishing complexity and urgency.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
  • These materials offer excellent shock absorption at a fraction of the thickness of previous materials.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of thickness
Noun
  • The release might be pleasure, humour, violence, absurdity, beauty, desire.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Get ready for a chaotic, genre-bending ride through the glorious absurdities of modern life!
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • This stupidity is tantamount to a cop issuing a summons to someone picking their nose in public to prove that crime is out of control.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The latest contestant in this recurring game of fiscal stupidity is Miami.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of stupidity
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“Brainlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainlessness. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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