brainless
/bɹˈeɪnlɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.75 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unintelligent, with little common sense.
adj
Of an action performed, overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
Example Sentences
- "Surely it was more likely that a brainless creature, acting solely by vague predatory instinct, would give up the chase when I disappeared, and, after a pause of astonishment, would wander away in search of some other prey?"
- ""I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!""
- "Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull"
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Inflected Forms
more brainless (comparative)
most brainless (superlative)