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- [breyn ded]
- /breɪn dɛd/
- /breɪn ded/
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- [breyn ded]
- /breɪn dɛd/
Definitions of brain-dead word
- adjective brain-dead If someone is declared brain-dead, they have suffered brain death. 3
- adjective brain-dead If you say that someone is brain-dead, you are saying in a cruel way that you think they are very stupid. 3
- adjective brain-dead in the state of, or characterized by, brain death 3
- adjective brain-dead stupid or dull 3
- noun brain-dead complete cessation of brain function as evidenced by absence of brain-wave activity on an electroencephalogram: sometimes used as a legal definition of death. 1
- noun Definition of brain-dead in Technology Brain-damaged in the extreme. It tends to imply terminal design failure rather than malfunction or simple stupidity. 1
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Origin of brain-dead
First appearance:
before 1965 One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Brain-dead
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
brain-dead popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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