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brainless

adjective

  1. foolish/irrational (having/showing lack of intelligence/thought/self-control)
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English braynles; equivalent to brain + -less.

  1. Having no brain.

    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?

  2. Unintelligent, with little common sense.

    "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,[…]!"

  3. Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.

    Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull