as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
it seems like she's always doing some brain-dead thing or another
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Recent Examples of brain-dead
Another 15 to 19 are based in hospitals, but devoted to only brain-dead organ donors.
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Isabella Cueto, STAT, 25 June 2024
There are circumstances in which a patient who isn’t brain-dead may still become an organ donor.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Especially in the earlier games, saving was heavily restricted, and progress could be easily lost—one brain-dead stumble can set you back an hour.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
In 2013, when a 13-year-old girl, Jahi McMath, underwent surgery, her heart stopped and, two days later, doctors declared her brain-dead.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 4 Oct. 2024
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Isabella Cueto, STAT, 25 June 2024
There are circumstances in which a patient who isn’t brain-dead may still become an organ donor.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Especially in the earlier games, saving was heavily restricted, and progress could be easily lost—one brain-dead stumble can set you back an hour.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
In 2013, when a 13-year-old girl, Jahi McMath, underwent surgery, her heart stopped and, two days later, doctors declared her brain-dead.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain-dead
Adjective
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There are no more stupid questions and an open, supportive, and curious culture evolves.—
Darpan Munjal,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The cliché that Americans are stupid and lazy is as pernicious as the cliché that teenagers are, well, stupid and lazy.—
John Hodgman,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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The Israel Defense Forces have been slow to withdraw from their position in the southern part of Lebanon despite a Nov. 27 ceasefire deal that gave the Lebanese Army and the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon exclusive jurisdiction over the region.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Jan. 2025
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Randle has often been slow to close out on 3-point shooters and inattentive off the ball.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Chloe Legault took to TikTok the moment her boyfriend Louis' mom, Isabelle, took a simple task and made it into a heartfelt moment.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The premise is simple: A proud dad gets his old band back together to play a song at his daughter’s wedding, only for the group to bash out an early Eighties-style hardcore song, replete with diatribes about Ronald Reagan and white picket fences, all while destroying the venue.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Electric motors are dense hunks of metal, thus are heavy; power cables thick enough to carry the heavy electron flow needed to generate hundreds of horsepower are also not light.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some of the cables he’s found are as thick as a pinky finger and, when attached to the right tree, are strong enough to anchor an elephant calf.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain-dead. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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