brain-dead

brain dead

1. Literally, lacking brain activity, as after a brain injury. After the car accident, Kendra was brain dead. Despite the surgeon's best efforts, the patient was brain dead.
2. slang So mentally exhausted or lacking focus that one does something poorly and/or makes easily avoidable mistakes. Did I just say that two plus two equals five? Wow, I'm really brain dead today.
See also: brain, dead
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

brain-dead

mod. stupid. I don’t know why he’s so dull. He’s seems brain-dead half the time.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • brain dead
  • be brain dead
  • have a stroke
  • BB brain
  • get brain
  • have (one's) brain on a leash
  • have brain on a leash
  • have one’s brain on a leash
  • brain box
  • feather brain
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