brain-dead
adjective
1
: characterized by brain death
2
: lacking intelligence or vitality
brain-dead fools
Examples of brain-dead in a Sentence
it seems like she's always doing some brain-dead thing or another
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In the eighth episode, the boy’s parents agree to donate their brain-dead son’s organs, and the doctors and nurses line up for an honor walk as the parents and their son are led off to meet up with the transplant team.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
The young boy of prophecy gets trampled into a brain-dead coma.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Before Due Date The expectant mother was pronounced brain-dead from her injuries on Sunday, Dec. 29, per Greek Reporter.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Her doctor, Jayme Locke, then an abdominal transplant surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, had previously led short-term pig kidney transplants in brain-dead recipients and suggested the experimental procedure as a last resort.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
The young boy of prophecy gets trampled into a brain-dead coma.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Before Due Date The expectant mother was pronounced brain-dead from her injuries on Sunday, Dec. 29, per Greek Reporter.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Her doctor, Jayme Locke, then an abdominal transplant surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, had previously led short-term pig kidney transplants in brain-dead recipients and suggested the experimental procedure as a last resort.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for brain-dead
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain-dead. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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