brainless
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brainless
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From Middle English braynles; equivalent to brain + -less.
adjective more brainless · most brainless
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Having no brain.
Surely it was more likely that a brainless creature, acting solely by vague predatory instinct, would give up the chase when I disappeared, and, after a pause of astonishment, would wander away in search of some other prey?
Similar: anencephalous
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Unintelligent, with little common sense.
"I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!"
Similar: half-brained, half-witted, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded · Opposite: brainy
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Of an action performed, overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull
Similar: mindless, automatic, rote, dull · Opposite: engrossing
Translations
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adj having no brain
| Español | descerebrado |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | hirnlos |
| Ελληνικά | ανεγκέφαλος anegkéfalos |
| Русский | безмо́зглый bezmózglyj |
adj unintelligent; having little or no common sense
| Español | descerebrado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 頭が悪い atama ga warui |
| 中文 | 瞎頭子 /瞎头子 xiātóuzi, 無頭腦的 /无头脑的 wútóunǎo de |
| Português | descerebrado |
| Français | sans cervelle |
| Deutsch | gedankenlos, einfältig, hirnlos |
| Ελληνικά | ανεγκέφαλος anegkéfalos, άμυαλος ámyalos, ανόητος anóitos |
| Русский | безмо́зглый bezmózglyj |
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title = {brainless},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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