"brain-dead" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/ Forms: more brain-dead [comparative], most brain-dead [superlative]
Etymology: From brain + dead. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brain|dead}} brain + dead Head templates: {{en-adj}} brain-dead (comparative more brain-dead, superlative most brain-dead)
  1. (medicine, not comparable) Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity): hjernedød (Danish), hersendood (Dutch), aivokuollut (Finnish), en état de mort cérébrale (French), hirntot (German), agyhalott (Hungarian), hjernedød (Norwegian Bokmål), hjernedød (Norwegian Nynorsk), hjernedaud (Norwegian Nynorsk), w stanie śmierci mózgu (Polish), com morte cerebral (Portuguese), cerebralmente morto (Portuguese), hjärndöd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-brain-dead-en-adj-CAifHQe4 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity': 78 22
  2. (colloquial) Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Death Translations (colloquially: having no useful thoughts): hjernedød (Danish), åndssvag (Danish), aivoton (Finnish), järjetön (Finnish), älyvapaa (Finnish), hjernedød (Norwegian Bokmål), hjernedød (Norwegian Nynorsk), hjernedaud (Norwegian Nynorsk), descerebrado (Portuguese), hjärndöd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-brain-dead-en-adj-C0S1O0Nm Disambiguation of Death: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'colloquially: having no useful thoughts': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brain dead, braindead Related terms: brain death, comatose, vegetative, dain-bread (alt: spoonerism)

Alternative forms

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