brain-damaged
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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She survived and was returned to England; Sydney cared for her brain-damaged daughter until Unity’s death in 1948.
A Scottish woman is calling for her brain-damaged nephew to be urgently moved from a mental health hospital in England which is at the centre of multiple police inquiries.
From BBC
After being imprisoned, Warmbier was brought back to the United States in 2017 brain-damaged and in vegetative state.
From Salon
There was a moment’s pause as my tablemates stared at me, not mute, not brain-damaged, able to recall the name of an opera.
From Literature
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Would she say she’s brain-damaged because of phones?
From Los Angeles Times
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