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half-brained

half-brained adjective: exhibiting low intelligence, as if having only half a brain.

Adjective

half-brained (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting low intelligence, as if having only half a brain.
    • The manager's half-brained plan led to disaster when carried out.

Synonyms of half-brained

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Antonyms

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Origin of half-brained

From half + brained.

Questions about half-brained

What does half-brained mean?
Half-brained means exhibiting low intelligence, as if having only half a brain.
What part of speech is half-brained?
Half-brained is an adjective.

Words near half-brained in the dictionary

  1. half-blues
  2. half-boiled
  3. half-boot
  4. half-boots
  5. half-bound
  6. half-brained
  7. half-break
  8. half-breaks
  9. half-bred
  10. half-breds
  11. half-breed

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