brainless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of brainless
First recorded in 1400–50, brainless is from the late Middle English word braynles. See brain, -less
Example Sentences
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Why do we love this story so much, enough to subject ourselves to even the weirdest, most brainless versions of it that can be spun from the public domain?
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
So it goes throughout this visually mammoth but brainless audio-visual excursion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Wolff said after the race that the comments were "brainless".
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
A stunned England woke Sunday to savage criticism after their meek capitulation in the first Ashes Test, branded "brainless" and "damaged" by former greats after their cavalier approach backfired.
From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025
Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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