brainless

[ breyn-lis ]
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adjective
  1. mentally weak; foolish; witless; stupid.

Origin of brainless

1
First recorded in 1400–50, brainless is from the late Middle English word braynles.See brain, -less

Other words from brainless

  • brain·less·ly, adverb
  • brain·less·ness, noun

Words Nearby brainless

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How to use brainless in a sentence

  • He is utterly insignificant, rebuked, and humiliated,--even as a brainless beauty finds herself de trop in a circle of wits.

  • Especially he had despised the young men as brainless cowards in regard to their views of women and conduct toward them.

    Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George Meredith
  • I mean that the intellectual, the clever, invariably choose the insipid brainless girl.

  • I am fit only to be the wife of an idle brainless man, with money and a title,' she said, in extreme self-contempt.

    Evan Harrington, Complete | George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for brainless

brainless

/ (ˈbreɪnlɪs) /


adjective
  1. stupid or foolish

Derived forms of brainless

  • brainlessly, adverb
  • brainlessness, noun

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