How to Use brainless in a Sentence

brainless

adjective

• The plot of the new movie is brainless and the acting is terrible.
• He thought most of his coworkers were brainless.
• For most of us, making coffee is a near-brainless action.
  — Joe Ray, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2017
• The kids drink, smoke, say horrible things about women and make brainless mistakes.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2018
• Be Our Chef is a charmingly peppy, brainless half-hour.
  — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2020
• She is burdened by a brainless boss, Kevin (Barry Rothbart), a character type that has grown dull from overuse.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 16 May 2017
• Well, in the land of brainless politicians, even no-brainer pieces of legislation sometimes go nowhere.
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 15 June 2018
• The scientists found that this procedure rescued the brainless tadpoles from most of the usual defects.
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2018
• Mom stops thinking for herself and turns into a brainless, spineless puppet.
  — Abby, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
• Why would anyone devote her life to a brainless, spineless, gutless group of parasites?
  — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2018
• The cleaners might not have lungs, and the physiotherapist could be completely brainless.
  — Rebecca Cairns; Video By Dan Tham, CNN, 25 Aug. 2021
• While some readers like brainless romantic books for the beach, others prefer gripping thrillers, like this new release.
  — Lindsay Tigar, CNN Underscored, 25 July 2019
• The lad made one tackle on Sunday and committed seven fouls, including the brainless lunge on Son Heung-min that gave Spurs their second goal.
  — SI.com, 2 Sep. 2019
• In the last two decades, researchers have identified sleep-like behavior in fruit flies, tiny nematodes, and even a brainless jellyfish.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 21 May 2018
• Among brainless Manhattan Beach surfer boys and 22-year-old billionaires, defensive emotional driving is a must — slow down for speed bumps, no sharp turns, and for God’s sake keep your eyes on the road.
  — Rebecca Katz, latimes.com, 24 June 2017
• However, things quickly turned sour for the London side, after the ever-brainless Serge Aurier was sent off on the 30 minute mark following two quick bookings.
  — SI.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• During the era before masks, goaltenders, in particular, had to be fearless — and maybe brainless, too — according to the two-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie Ed Johnston.
  — Andrew Knoll, New York Times, 15 May 2017
• But great moments like these only frustrate viewers wanting more than brainless action.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 Jan. 2018
• Our girls would not be insulted so often on the streets if the brainless puppies who make a business of annoying unprotected females know that our girls can strike out from the shoulder with telling effect.
  — Longreads, 10 Jan. 2018
• Not the brainless brutes of our imaginations, Neanderthals apparently used advanced hunting techniques to stalk and kill their prey, a new study suggests.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 June 2018
• Bubbly, brainless and suffering a terminal case of vocal fry, Madison might well have been a throwaway dumb-blonde caricature.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2019
• Here are a few examples of brainless organisms that are actually pretty smart.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 21 May 2018
• Exactly like junk food, some inputs feel good in the moment but take a toll over the long-term: gossip, brainless reality TV shows, jealousy-inducing social media posts, and mind-numbing small talk.
  — Josh Linkner, Columnist, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2019
• Now along with summer heat, mosquitoes and brainless movies comes the Hollywood Bowl, where no-brainers necessarily fund the revolution, where what has always sold still sells.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
• Especially the first one, which was crude without being brainless, and relentlessly self-referential without pounding the jokes into the ground.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
• Instead, David Ospina and his brainless positioning, dreadful shot-stopping and general, all-round pillockery is the cup and backup goalkeeper.
  — SI.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• Some amount of activity to stimulate conversation, but of the brainless variety.
  — Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 23 Apr. 2020
• They've been called inappropriate, disrespectful, cheap, dumb, brainless, skanky, trampy, strippers and hookers.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
• The result is a film that’s almost sci-fi adjacent, and which clearly has a lot on its mind about how brainless, macho characterizations of manhood hurt everyone, and how violence perpetuates violence.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 12 July 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024