lobotomized
Americanadjective
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Surgery. having undergone a lobotomy.
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stupefied; benumbed.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lobotomized
First recorded in 1940–45; lobotomize + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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"It feels like they basically lobotomized my Replika," said Andrew McCarroll, who started using Replika, with his wife's blessing, when she was experiencing mental and physical health issues.
From Reuters ● Mar. 18, 2023
For someone who witnessed the Obama-era phenomenon of Low End Theory, the place seemed lobotomized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
As Ben Edwards of Ars Technica reported, users complained that the chatbot who they call "Sydney," having learned her internal name from leaks, was left "a shell of its former self" and "lobotomized."
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2023
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.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2022
There was no way he was getting lobotomized or weasel-faced, so we just went over to the Rumble Spot unslammed.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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