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brainless

[breyn-lis]

adjective

  1. mentally weak; foolish; witless; stupid.



brainless

/ ˈɪԱɪ /

adjective

  1. stupid or foolish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • brainlessly adverb
  • brainlessness noun
  • ˈԱԱ noun
  • ˈԱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brainless1

First recorded in 1400–50, brainless is from the late Middle English word braynles. See brain, -less
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Former Black Cats striker Marco Gabbiadini described that response as "brainless", but there is no doubt Watson has had the last laugh in a way nobody will ever forget.

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I'm not saying that bombast is automatically brainless.

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One of Wales' leading entrepreneurs, Alan Peterson, who has run companies across the UK, Europe and north America said indiscriminate global tariff enforcement was a "brainless policy".

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“Grass,” Victoria sighs brainlessly, and she checks out from reality again, unaware that vapid admission has cast her in the grim two-hander playing in her frantic husband's head.

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The dialogue was more dignified: no brainless chatter or mawkish introductions.

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