Brain-dead
Brain-dead adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: it seems like she's always doing some brain-dead thing or another
Knuckleheaded and brain-dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knuckleheaded" instead an adjective phrase "Brain-dead".
Knuckleheaded
Knuckleheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the editorial lampooned the knuckleheaded legislation, which was yet another attempt by the government to protect people from themselves
Brain-dead and knuckleheaded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brain-dead" instead an adjective "Knuckleheaded".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- thick and brain-dead
- thick and knuckleheaded
- dull and brain-dead
- dull and knuckleheaded
- stupid and brain-dead
- stupid and knuckleheaded
- dense and brain-dead
- dense and knuckleheaded
- obtuse and brain-dead
- obtuse and knuckleheaded
- slow and brain-dead
- slow and knuckleheaded
- dim and brain-dead
- dim and knuckleheaded
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