as in undermined
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
fear of saying anything controversial has so lobotomized this book on geopolitics that it fails to say anything at all
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Recent Examples of lobotomized
Neither of those has happened, with Destiny 2 now lobotomized just a few years after the deal and Marathon struggling to find a playerbase.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
All’s Fair is a 2010s Shonda Rhimes procedural on steroid shots and Goop supplements, if everyone in the writers’ room had been freshly lobotomized.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
All’s Fair is a 2010s Shonda Rhimes procedural on steroid shots and Goop supplements, if everyone in the writers’ room had been freshly lobotomized.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lobotomized
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The collapse of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum bill last month was ugly — a worthy project undermined by controversial amendments and political maneuvering.—
Justin Shubow,
Washington Post,
15 June 2026
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For patients deciding whether to restart treatment, the evidence suggests the metabolic case for trying again is not undermined by previous regain.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Seemingly to help stave off temptation, a half dozen of the 18 male cult members who died had been surgically castrated, according to The New York Times, including Applewhite.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
8 June 2026
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If the very successful 25-year-old Coward had been caught with a man, he could have been jailed or chemically castrated.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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As of June 5, the administration has drained 66 million barrels and counting from the SPR since the war in Iran began, according to the Department of Energy.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
14 June 2026
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In addition, some biting flies breed in semi-aquatic places such as in wetlands which can’t be drained or treated with insecticides.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
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Swallow has met migrants in southern Arizona while out riding her bike, and has stopped to help families exhausted from heat exposure and the desert landscape.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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Youth between the ages of 10 and 19 who are sent to the state’s five facilities are usually those who have committed felony-level offenses, have exhausted local resources and are placed in state custody by a juvenile court judge for intensive rehabilitation.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Dec. 2025
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Since the start of the Iran war, the Indian currency has weakened against the dollar, partly due to the country's rising energy import bill.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
11 June 2026
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Since taking office in October 2024, President Prabowo Subianto has weakened the institutional guardrails that once constrained fiscal expansion and protected central‑bank independence.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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But this other guy who was petrified of Thompson is the brother of a local politician.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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Hollywood seems to be petrified of AI.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Finnish midfielder deadened the ball with a foot and quickly chipped it laterally over nearby defenders.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Mahdi and Khadija had been struck by drought, and their bed was dry and desiccated, waterless down to its depths.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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Dried or desiccated coconut flakes can be replaced with fresh coconut meat, or omit.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Lobotomized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lobotomized. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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