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Examples of birdbrain in a Sentence
Her brother's a real birdbrain.
those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along
Recent Examples on the Web
Should former President Trump stop calling Ambassador Haley birdbrain?
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CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
By solving one kind of puzzle that stumped crows, though, the kids may have shown how a human mind treats problems differently than a birdbrain.
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2024
Some cowardly birdbrain dropping Ku Klux Klan fliers in a quiet, suburban neighborhood may not be earth-shattering news.
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Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2018
Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs.
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National Geographic, 15 May 2024
Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs.
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National Geographic, 15 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Birdbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdbrain. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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