lobotomized

[luh-bot-uh-mahyzd, loh-]

adjective

1. Surgery.,  having undergone a lobotomy.

2. stupefied; benumbed.

lobotomized

/ ləʊˈbɒtəmaɪzd /

adjective

1. informal,  apathetic, sluggish, and zombie-like

Word History and Origins

Origin of lobotomized¹

First recorded in 1940–45; lobotomize + -ed ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of lobotomized¹

C20: from lobotomize (chiefly US) to perform a lobotomy on

Example Sentences

It is something fed to us through intravenous transportation, dripping down the highways of our bodies until it puts us into a lobotomized state.

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In films such as “Nocturama,” director Bonello examined individuals who seemed lobotomized by life, their futile actions a desperate attempt to bring meaning to meaninglessness.

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For someone who witnessed the Obama-era phenomenon of Low End Theory, the place seemed lobotomized.

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“At least it wasn’t like the ’50s, where they just lobotomized us,” he said.

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It was as if street by street and square by square, the Soviet Union had all but lobotomized historical memory in Ukraine and other former republics, he said.

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