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brainlessness

  • a word derived from brainless.
    brainless
    adjective
    mentally weak; foolish; witless; stupid.

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“There’s brutality here, but also brilliance — anemones, despite literal brainlessness, adeptly size up their rivals — and astonishing tenderness.”

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2022

That simplicity, almost an intentional brainlessness at the Internet’s most fundamental level, is a key to its adaptability.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2020

Unfortunately, my rash brainlessness was obscured from me.

From Slate Mar. 14, 2017

Even King’s commentary on how cyber-connectivity breeds brainlessness feels shoehorned-in — mostly limited to a few lines from a snooty private-school administrator played by Stacy Keach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2016

This of course is not optimism, but brazen brainlessness.

From It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration by Joseph Morris