brainless
part of speech
adjective (brainless)
meaning for a pupil
1) (informal, rude) Stupid; not thinking at all. tree →
2) Having no brain, as in some simple animals. tree →
sense 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 →
- Jellyfish are brainless but they can still sting. tree →
- The scarecrow thought he was brainless. tree →
- Don't be brainless – put your helmet on. tree →
- The film was fun but brainless. tree →
note
Calling a person brainless is unkind. A sponge truly has no brain; a jellyfish has a nerve net instead.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «brainless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.