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Definition of brain-dead adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

brain-dead

adjective

1suffering from serious damage to the brain and needing machines to stay alive Doctors declared her clinically brain-dead.

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2(humorous) very stupid and boring; not intelligent I was afraid of becoming brain-dead after months at home.

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