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Definition of Brainless
1. Adjective. Not using intelligence.
Definition of Brainless
1. a. Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.
Definition of Brainless
1. Adjective. (not comparable) Having no brain. ¹
2. Adjective. (comparable) unintelligent, with little common sense. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brainless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brainless
Literary usage of Brainless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"RL iii. 119 And the b. dances to the mantling bowl *?. ii. 8 And it rains, front
hard-bound b—s, etc/it lines a year PS 18* brainless. ..."
2. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"... realms of endless glory rise, And rapture paints in gold the landscape of the
skies. TOM brainless AT COLLEGE [From "The Progress of Dulness," Part I] ..."
3. Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen: From the Earliest Times to by James Wills (1842)
"In this state of this kingdom to think the bridle of the army may be taken away,
should be the thought not of a brain-sick, but of a brainless man, WILL. ..."
4. Lady Jean: The Romance of the Great Douglas Cause by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1904)
"This brainless, bad-hearted woman was the contriver, with the assistance of the
weak, scatterbrained Lord of the last story of the kind. ..."
5. A Synopsis of Popery, as it was and as it is by William Hogan (1847)
"It is more than probable that the soft-headed and brainless minister now at that
court from the United States, may inform you, if you have not the fact from ..."
6. At Eternity's Shore: And Other Tales by Richard Murray (1912)
"And must we be ruled by this lazy gossiping tribe, By these homely, brainless
hags that would bribe Some foolish featherman, or unscrupulous politician, ..."
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