no-brainer
[noh-brey-ner]
- Informal. anything requiring little thought or effort; something easy or simple to understand or do.
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Origin of no-brainer
First recorded in 1975–80
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It's a no-brainer and I understood sports entertainment already.
“Investment both for film and high-end TV is a bit of a no-brainer come independence,” McKay told the Daily Beast.
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For these reasons aspiring to more diversity in the medical profession is a no-brainer.
For his complicity Murmelstein has forever been branded a traitor, but for him the decision was a no-brainer.
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no-brainer
- slang something which requires little or no mental effort
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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no-brainer
Something that is absurdly simple or easy and requires little thought: “Making pumpkin pie can be a no-brainer if you use frozen pastry and canned filling.”
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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