as in idiot
a stupid person
who's the lamebrain who put an empty coffee carafe back on a hot burner?
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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
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
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
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His is a sort of erudite buffoonery that consistently tap-dances between clever, self-aware, and patently stupid.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Each of them loses track of a CD filled with secrets, and some end up dying in the stupidest possible ways because of their incompetence.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 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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Pair them with a simple T-shirt to grab a coffee at a cafe.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Mar. 2025
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Jenner wore a gray and lightly checked car coat, a simple black knit sweater, straight leg blue jeans, and black ballet flats.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Lamebrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamebrain. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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