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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
  • And that’s a stupid, dumb, mindless question.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Dessert Week is the stupidest week, at least conceptually.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Only a moron would cut the funding of an industry that actually brings revenue into the government’s pocket.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And, in one of the dumbest and most obviously racist postr taken by a presidential candidate, at some point Republicans became fixated on the idea that Haitian migrants were stealing pets for food in the Midwest.
    Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • After Johnson gave his answer to that resolutely dumb question, several other luminaries took a whack at the zeitgeist piñata.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While House Republicans can pass legislation with a simple majority vote, Senate Republicans cannot advance most matters without meeting a 60-vote threshold.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But in stoppage time, Miami was gifted a third goal when Jordi Alba crossed from the left and keeper Willis, colliding with defender Walker Zimmerman, spilled the ball right to Messi, who had the simplest of tap-ins.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Lamebrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamebrain. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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