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braindead

British  
/ ˈbreɪnˌdɛd /

adjective

  1. having suffered brain death

  2. informal not using or showing intelligence; stupid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Art-house cinema and brand Braindead Studios released its genderless Spring 2023 collection, offering up a psychedelic dip into the world of color, texture and print.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Meet the Feebles is the middle part of what could be called his “trash trilogy,” which began with the wildly inappropriate 1987 science fiction riff Bad Taste and ended with his 1992 splatter farce Braindead.

From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2018

“This was serious business,” he wrote in an essay called “Mr. Vonnegut in Sumatra,” which appears in “The Braindead Megaphone.”

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2013

Hopkins first worked with director Peter Jackson on his 1992 movie Braindead, and was also part of Jackson's team for Heavenly Creatures and The Frighteners as well as the three Lord of the Rings epics.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2012

Not in a Braindead kind of way, you'll be glad to know.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012

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