brain-dead
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/
The English word “brain-dead” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
- An unintelligent person.
Etymology
From brain + dead. Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century.
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