brainless

[breyn-lis]

adjective

1. mentally weak; foolish; witless; stupid.

brainless

/ ˈbreɪnlɪs /

adjective

1. stupid or foolish

Other Word Forms

• brainlessly adverb
• brainlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brainless¹

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

Example Sentences

A headline like that beckons the viewer with the promise of brainless “Don’t Be a Menace to Society While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood”-style shenanigans.

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Former Black Cats striker Marco Gabbiadini described that response as "brainless", but there is no doubt Watson has had the last laugh in a way nobody will ever forget.

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I'm not saying that bombast is automatically brainless.

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One of Wales' leading entrepreneurs, Alan Peterson, who has run companies across the UK, Europe and north America said indiscriminate global tariff enforcement was a "brainless policy".

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“Grass,” Victoria sighs brainlessly, and she checks out from reality again, unaware that vapid admission has cast her in the grim two-hander playing in her frantic husband's head.

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Related Words

• dumb 
• mindless