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lamebrain

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adjective

variants or lamebrained
as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily he offended a number of people with that insensitive, lamebrain comment

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Recent Examples of lamebrain
Noun
The Futurists, led by Filippo Marinetti, spent a lot of time publishing lamebrain manifestos about the need to sweep away existing society, if necessary by war. Barton Swaim, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 But there's finally a collection of lamebrains that lack more common sense than the NCAA. Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 23 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamebrain
Adjective
  • Mexican men were dismissed as violent Panchos and stupid Pedros.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • There’s more stupid romance around harder substances but few chemicals are more hazardous to ambition than THC.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 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
  • In his formal lecture to the Academy, Campbell offered some reflections on the simple science that gave rise to the treatment, and to its wide array of applications.
    Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
  • The simplest way to achieve your goal may be a version of the truth that’s not the whole truth.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025

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“Lamebrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamebrain. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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