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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Blood in a brain-dead patient circulated through a pig’s liver that was outside the person’s body.
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Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Terry was declared brain-dead by doctors and died on August 15, 2024, nearly three days after the initial 911 call, the outlet reported.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
The recluse of 30 years comes out of hibernation and emerges with a new album that fires up more brain-dead devotion and fawning.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The first transplants were short-term experiments in patients who were brain-dead, so there was no further risk to human health.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Terry was declared brain-dead by doctors and died on August 15, 2024, nearly three days after the initial 911 call, the outlet reported.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
The recluse of 30 years comes out of hibernation and emerges with a new album that fires up more brain-dead devotion and fawning.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
The first transplants were short-term experiments in patients who were brain-dead, so there was no further risk to human health.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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