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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The victim, 31-year-old María Peñaloza from Queens, went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain-dead last month after a man posing as a plastic surgeon attempted to remove the implants, according to court documents.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
Her most recent album, 143, is a bouncy, brain-dead paean to pleasure and uncomplicated empowerment.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
At the end of Episode 8, the parents of a young college student who accidentally overdosed on fentanyl finally accept that their son is brain-dead and will donate his organs.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025
Then, out of nowhere, she gets hit by a van, leaving her comatose and brain-dead in the hospital.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
Her most recent album, 143, is a bouncy, brain-dead paean to pleasure and uncomplicated empowerment.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
At the end of Episode 8, the parents of a young college student who accidentally overdosed on fentanyl finally accept that their son is brain-dead and will donate his organs.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025
Then, out of nowhere, she gets hit by a van, leaving her comatose and brain-dead in the hospital.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brain-dead
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“Brain-dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain-dead. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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