different between trainless vs brainless

English

Etymology

train +? -less

Adjective

trainless (not comparable)

1. Without a train (in various senses).
   • 1867, The Popular science review, Volume 6 (page 82)

     At the radiant point itself, it was a subject of general remark, the meteors appeared trainless, and shone out for a moment like so many stars...

   • 1982, The Economist, Volume 284 (page 43)

     Mr Ray Buckton, the Aslef boss, is as miserable as most trainless commuters, though most of the public sees him as the villain.

Anagrams

• snarliest, sternalis

English

Etymology

From Middle English braynles; equivalent to brain +? -less.

Pronunciation

Adjective

brainless (comparative more brainless, superlative most brainless)

1. (not comparable) Having no brain.

   Synonym: anencephalous

2. (comparable) Unintelligent, with little common sense.

   • "I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!"

Translations

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• bairnless