lobotomized

American  

[luh-bot-uh-mahyzd, loh-] / ləˈbɒt əˌmaɪzd, loʊ- /

adjective

1. Surgery. having undergone a lobotomy.

2. stupefied; benumbed.

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lobotomized British  

/ ləʊˈbɒtəmaɪzd /

adjective

1. informal apathetic, sluggish, and zombie-like

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Etymology

Origin of lobotomized

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

Example Sentences

"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

You don’t have to squint hard to see the lobotomized remnants of what once was.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2018

“So who was that?” my mom asked the minute she saw me heading back upstairs, no doubt looking like I’d just been lobotomized or something.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx