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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>brain-dead</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="brain-damaged.html" title="brain-damaged"/><link rel="next" href="braino.html" title="braino"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">brain-dead</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="brain-damaged.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="braino.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="brain-dead"/><dt xmlns="" id="brain-dead"><b>brain-dead</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Brain-damaged in the extreme. It tends to imply terminal
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design failure rather than malfunction or simple stupidity. “<span class="quote">This
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