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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On March 9, 2023, approximately one week before the 43-year-old was pronounced brain-dead, Angela texted Harmon asking for help checking her blood sugar.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Although most donations in the US come from people who are brain-dead, there are other circumstances in which a patient may become an organ donor.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
She was declared brain-dead and the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
She was hospitalized several times before slipping into a coma and being declared brain-dead on Aug. 18, 2023.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
Although most donations in the US come from people who are brain-dead, there are other circumstances in which a patient may become an organ donor.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
She was declared brain-dead and the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
She was hospitalized several times before slipping into a coma and being declared brain-dead on Aug. 18, 2023.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain-dead. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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