brainless

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“It just sounds pretty boring,” he says, and pushes a jeering mob of brainless sheep to repeat whatever he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

In 1977, after the release of the album Zombie, which satirised government soldiers as obedient, brainless enforcers, his compound in the main city, Lagos, was raided.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

A stunned England woke Sunday to savage criticism after their meek capitulation in the first Ashes Test, branded "brainless" and "damaged" by former greats after their cavalier approach backfired.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

The dialogue was more dignified: no brainless chatter or mawkish introductions.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Penelope replied: “He is no fool; he sees how it could be. Never were mortal men like these for bullying and brainless arrogance!”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer