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English
Etymology
From lame + brained.
Adjective
lamebrained (comparative more lamebrained, superlative most lamebrained)
- Foolish; stupid.
2009 February 22, Walter Kirn, “Insult as Injury”, in New York Times:One almost wonders if what he so deplores about what he calls “the hunting of the snark” is that, invariably — given his obtuseness about the necessity of irreverent laughter, even if it’s rude, unfair or lamebrained, in revealing or merely helping to abide perceived arrogance and fraudulence — someday the snark would come for books like his.