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# brainless

adjective (brainless)

«brainless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal, rude) Stupid; not thinking at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/#m1)
2. Having no brain, as in some simple animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday speech, «brainless» is an insult. In science, jellyfish and sponges have no brain, so they are brainless animals, yet they still survive. In stories, a brainless plan is a silly one.

### Examples

- That was a brainless thing to do! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/#x1)
- Jellyfish are brainless but they can still sting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/#x2)
- The scarecrow thought he was brainless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/#x3)
- Don't be brainless – put your helmet on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/#x4)
- The film was fun but brainless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/#x5)

### Note

Calling a person brainless is unkind. A sponge truly has no brain; a jellyfish has a nerve net instead.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brainless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brainless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brainless.html) on Mova free.