brain-dead
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/
adj
Etymology: From brain + dead. Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century.
- Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
“An employee of the mayor's office was declared brain-dead on Sunday morning after she and another woman were struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, the authorities said.”
- Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.
“"AI has been brain-dead since the 1970s," said AI guru Marvin Minsky in a recent speech at Boston University. Minsky co-founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1959 with John McCarthy.”
noun
Etymology: From brain + dead. Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century.
- An unintelligent person.
“"What makes you different from all the other brain-deads that come through here?"”