no-brainer
Informal. anything requiring little thought or effort; something easy or simple to understand or do.
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How to use no-brainer in a sentence
It's a no-brainer and I understood sports entertainment already.
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With Arsenio Hall Out, Late Night Becomes All White and Male—and So What? | Keli Goff | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor his complicity Murmelstein has forever been branded a traitor, but for him the decision was a no-brainer.
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British Dictionary definitions for no-brainer
/ (ˌnəʊˈbreɪnə) /
slang something which requires little or no mental effort
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for 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.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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