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"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
"word": "åndssvag"
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"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
"word": "aivoton"
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
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"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
"word": "älyvapaa"
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"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
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"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
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"word": "testa vuota"
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"word": "hjernedød"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
"word": "descerebrado"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "colloquially: having no useful thoughts",
"word": "hjärndöd"
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