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Birdbrain

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn

Definitions

Someone who is not intelligent.

colloquial

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Examples

That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.”
Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards me...””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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