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no-brain⋅er

[noh-brey-ner]
–noun
Informal. anything requiring little thought or effort; something easy or simple to understand or do.

Origin:
1975–80
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no-brain·er   (nō'brā'nər)
n.   Informal
Something so simple or easy as to require no thought.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

no-brainer

Something that is absurdly simple or easy and requires little thought: “Making pumpkin pie can be a no-brainer if you use frozen pastry and canned filling.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
no-brainer

  1. n.
    an easy question that takes no thinking to answer; a simple problem that requires no intellect to solve; a dilemma that requires no pondering to resolve. : His proposal of marriage was a no-brainer. She turned him down flat on the spot.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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