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no brainer

no brainer is the alternative spelling of no-brainer.

Meaning of no-brainer

Noun

no-brainer (plural no-brainers)

  1. (informal) An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution; something requiring little or no thought.
    • Choosing the older version which was as good as the newer version for half the cost was a no-brainer.
  2. (informal) A conundrum requiring little or no thought to solve; A problem with an easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution.
    • This next exam question is a no-brainer.

Forms of no brainer

pluralno brainers

Questions about no brainer

What is no brainer the alternative spelling of?
No brainer is the alternative spelling of no-brainer.

Words near no brainer in the dictionary

  1. no bigs
  2. no body
  3. no body, no crime
  4. no bones about it
  5. no borax, no glue
  6. no brainer
  7. no brainers
  8. no brown in town
  9. no bucks, no Buck Rogers
  10. no bueno
  11. no buts

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