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  • adjective Exhibiting low intelligence, as if the person doing the thing had half a brain

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Examples

  • And all of you hate-filled, far left, half-brained idiots, you are as bad for this country as the far right psychos.

    Carville takes aim at latest tell-all on Bush 2009

  • Eric Pickles is also listed, which is interesting because previously he seemed keen to distance himself from half-brained positions taken by YBF leaders on the NHS and torture.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • UPDATED Another half-brained science headline is the next entry in this blog.

    Three Amigos or Three Stooges? - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • UPDATED Another half-brained science headline was the previous entry in this blog.

    Photography Contest Continues ... - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Comment on “UPDATED Another half-brained science headline ”.

    The Panda's Thumb: August 2009 Archives 2009

  • Because the entire field of interactive entertainment and simulations should be left only to you, a half-brained retard controlled by his hormones and begging to your mom to buy some Wii games.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • Because as any half-brained 1L who has taken ConLaw can tell you, whether you win or lose an argument in front of SCOTUS depends on the level of specificity with which you define a right see Michael H., see also Glucksberg.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » IJ’s Bone Marrow Case: Rational Basis Test 2009

  • Supply-side economics is one of those unfortunate half-brained theories actually to have been tried in practice, and failed miserably.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Robert Reich 2008

  • Supply-side economics is one of those unfortunate half-brained theories actually to have been tried in practice, and failed miserably.

    McCain's Budget Whopper Robert Reich 2008

  • Even half-brained SF writers know the past is better left connected to its own diseased umbilical, to wither away.

    Futures Ivan Donn Carswell 2008

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