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brain·less
 brainless
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- pronunciation:
- breIn
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
without intelligence; stupid.
a brainless persona brainless idea- antonyms:
- brainy, clever
- similar words:
- mindless, stupid
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| related words: |
dopey, fool, foolish, simple |
adverb + (adj.)brainless
enough
(adj.)brainless
+ noun
action, beach, brain, bum, bunch, dad, holo, idiot, model, mouth, profanity, twit, voice
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| derivations: |
brainlessly (adv.), brainlessness (n.) |
The word brainless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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